The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will study whether vaccines cause autism, despite numerous existing studies already showing there is no link.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a page on Friday listing the conflicts of interest reported by members of a key vaccine advisory committee.

The US Department of Health and Human Services asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study vaccines and autism, a person familiar with the situation told CNN, despite strong evidence that vaccines do not cause autism.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.

President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have repeatedly raised the idea that autism could be linked to vaccines.

The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will launch a study into the potential connection between autism and vaccines, according to Reuters and multiple other news outlets.

The CDC on Friday launched a database about current and former members of its independent vaccine advisory committee, including what it describes as conflicts of interests.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking conflicts of interest that may exist for a key vaccine advisory committee. On Friday, the CDC published a page tracking projects expert members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices have been involved in that may conflict with their role on the committee.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is questioning decades of research determining that vaccines do not play a role in autism and is instead launching a large-scale study on the alleged connection, Reuters reported.