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A special US court Friday ruled against the parents of an autistic child, rejecting their claim of a connection between autism and a triple vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) their son was given.

There has been another setback for people who believe that vaccines may cause children's autism. As Elaine Quijano reports, will the latest court rulings put an end to this debate?

Dozens of area residents whose lives have been touched by autism, or who just wanted to find out a little more about it, are now more informed.

Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled last week, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children’s illness. The special U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled that vaccines could not have caused the autism of an Oregon boy, William Mead, ending his family’s quest for reimbursement.

A federal court rules vaccines can't be blamed for causing autism in children.

Millions of parents with children who have autism are being told vaccines did not cause the problem.

The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.

Upcoming An interview with J.B. Handley I recently spoke with the co-founder of Generation Rescue, which is now known as Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey's Autism Organization.

As part of its mission on brain awareness, the Pilot Club of Greenwood is hosting a program titled "Autism: What we know and where we are looking" at 6:30 p.m. March 22 at the Community Room of the Tower Pointe Medical Center.

A federal court ruled Friday that the evidence supporting an alleged causal link between autism and a mercury-containing preservative in vaccines is unpersuasive, and that the families of children diagnosed with autism are not entitled to compensation.