Trump repeats debunked vaccine-autism claims at White House event

CNN fact-checks Trump’s White House remarks in which he again suggested a link between vaccines and autism, claimed the MMR vaccine is unsafe when given as a combined shot, and inflated vaccine doses and autism prevalence. Health experts from Johns Hopkins, University of Colorado, and autism groups, along with decades of international research, say there is no link between vaccines and autism, MMR is safe when given together, and that the numbers Trump cites are inaccurate. The article also notes the administration’s push to reduce vaccinations and that there is no new science supporting his claims.