In 3 cases, court rejects autism-vaccine link
March 15th, 2010From the Los Angeles Times, AP/Wall Street Journal:
A special federal court ruled Friday that the vaccine additive thimerosal does not cause autism. The ruling, which came in three separate cases, follows a parallel ruling in 2009 that autism is not caused by the combination of thimerosal with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Experts said the rulings would likely be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals, as the earlier ruling has been.
More than 5,300 parents have filed claims seeking damages because they believe vaccines caused autism in their children. The court, a branch of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, expressed sympathy for the families but concluded that they had failed to prove their case.

