Under the new leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC is expected to look into a long-debunked connection between vaccination and autism.

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 study whether vaccines cause autism, despite numerous existing studies already showing there is no link.