President-elect Donald Trump, who has frequently proclaimed his belief that childhood vaccines are linked to autism, has outlined plans to reexamine the link, which has been disproven in several studies.
Trump suggested that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his pick for health secretary, would lead the investigation. Trump also stated that he is "open to anything," hinting at the possibility of eliminating vaccines to address the rising autism cases in the United States over recent decades, a move likely to spark heated debate within the medical community.
