Thursday, February 12, 2009

Omnibus Autism Proceeding Decisions

From the Washington Post: "Thousands of parents who claimed that childhood vaccines had caused their children to develop autism are wrong and not entitled to federal compensation, a special court ruled today in three decisions with far-reaching implications for a bitterly fought medical controversy."

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has posted the decisions in three autism-related cases:
  • Cedillo v. Secretary of Health and Human Services Case No. 98-916V
  • Hazlehurst v. Secretary of Health and Human Services Case No. 03-654V
  • Snyder v. Secretary of Health and Human Services Case No. 01-162V

    Additional information is available on the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) website. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides background information on autism.

    Source: Vedantam, S. (12 February 2009). "Court Rules Autism Not Caused by Childhood Vaccines." Washington Post.
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