The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.

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Key Takeaways The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to study vaccines and autism, despite no evidence of a linkPublic health experts call the new study unnecessaryCritics worry longtime vaccine skeptic RFK Jr.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be conducting its own study into whether vaccines cause autism, despite reams of past research failing to prove any links. In a statement to ABC News,

The CDC conducted previous investigations, confirming past scientific studies that found no link between the two.