Lancet Medical Journal Retracts Wakefield Autism Study

Boston (DbTechNo) - The Lancet medical journal has retracted a published study linking childhood autism risk to the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

The discredited study was the work of Dr Andrew Wakefield who has since been proven to have undertaken shotty researching methods and whose work has been discredited by the General Medical Council.

After the 1998 paper was published, vaccination rates plummited in the UK, and not surprisingly, the rate of measles went up.

In the paper, Wakefield cited a risk between the MMR vaccine and autism, and also noted a possible link between the vaccine and bowel disease.

Lancet officials released a statement, saying: “It has become clear that several elements of the 1998 paper by Wakefield … are incorrect.”

Dr Andrew Wakefield now lives and works in the United States.