1.0 link 101305 <![CDATA[Families Will Make Case For Vaccine Link to Autism]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/12/families-will-make-case-f_n_101305.html WASHINGTON &mdash; Parents claiming that childhood vaccines cause autism should not be rewarded by the courts when the scientific community has already rejected any link, government lawyers argued Monday on the first day of a hearing in federal court.

Overall, nearly 4,900 families have filed claims with the U.S. Court of Claims alleging that vaccines caused autism and other neurological problems in their children. Lawyers for the families are presenting three different theories of how vaccines caused autism. The theory at...

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