Evidence reportzYs24xIb
| Checked | 2026-11-05 23:29:54 UTC |
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| What was checked | Claim: “Vaccines cause autism” |
| Verifyd's word | FALSE Fact-checkers say this is not true. |
| Summary | Health Feedback rated this claim "Incorrect". |
Why
- Health Feedback: Incorrect vaccines cause autism healthfeedback.org
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: False Vaccines cause autism. www.nationalacademies.org
- Science Feedback: Incorrect The increase in both the number of vaccines in the CDC schedule and in autism rates implies that vaccines cause autism science.feedback.org
- Factchequeado: No hay pruebas Las vacunas causan autismo (an IFCN-verified fact-checker) factchequeado.com
Sources
| Type | Who | What they said | Date | Link |
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| Fact-check | Health Feedback | Incorrect on: vaccines cause autism | 2019-03-26 | healthfeedback.org |
| Fact-check | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | False on: Vaccines cause autism. | 2018-12-21 | www.nationalacademies.org |
| Fact-check | Science Feedback | Incorrect on: The increase in both the number of vaccines in the CDC schedule and in autism rates implies that vaccines cause autism | 2023-07-14 | science.feedback.org |
| Fact-check | Factchequeado | No hay pruebas on: Las vacunas causan autismo | 2023-12-14 | factchequeado.com |
| Related fact-check (a different claim) | FactCheck.org | False on: FDA ANNOUNCED THAT VACCINES ARE CAUSING AUTISM! Is this true? | 2017-11-22 | www.factcheck.org |
| Related fact-check (a different claim) | FactCheck.org | Flawed Paper on: “There’s a study that came out last week of 47,000 9-year-olds in the Medicaid system in Florida — I think a Louisiana scientist called Mawson — that shows the opposite," meaning that vaccines cause autism. | 2025-01-31 | www.factcheck.org |
| Related fact-check (a different claim) | AFP Fact Check | False on: "The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based claim" | 2025-11-20 | factcheck.afp.com |
| Related fact-check (a different claim) | FactCheck.org | False on: A study testing COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant rats supports the idea that "vaccines and autism have always been linked." False. | 2024-01-13 | www.factcheck.org |
| Related fact-check (a different claim) | AP News | False on: Packaging inserts for the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccines list autism as a possible side effect on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s website. | 2019-05-06 | apnews.com |
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