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Rolf Hazlehurst, a Children’s Health Defense staff attorney and father of a son diagnosed with autism, today filed a motion in federal court alleging lawyers representing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services fraudulently concealed and misrepresented evidence that vaccines can cause autism.| Children's Health Defense
Yates Hazlehurst, who developed autism after receiving his childhood vaccines, was the first and only vaccine-injured plaintiff to make it to a jury. The 20-year process revealed major flaws in a system that is supposed to compensate children for vaccine injuries.| Children's Health Defense
We would love nothing more than to reassure parents that the nation's current vaccine program is 100% safe for all kids, and that zero credible evidence links vaccines with autism. But that simply isn't true.| HuffPost
One in 36 (2.8%) 8-year-old children — 4% of boys and 1% of girls — have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), based on an analysis of data from 2020, published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.| Children's Health Defense
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest autism report, once again, attributed the rise of autism to “more awareness” rather than a true increase — and as usual, mainstream media fell in line with that narrative.| Children's Health Defense
Vaccines save lives by preventing disease.| www.hrsa.gov