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Autism and Childhood Vaccines Hearing Testimony: Coleen Boyle | April 6, 2000
See testimony here >> Read full testimony here >> Ms. Boyle. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. I am Dr. Coleen Boyle, Chief of the Developmental Disabilities Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I am presenting the agency’s testimony, and I am accompanied by Dr. Ben Schwartz, who is…
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Archived | Daily Babble: What Causes Autism? | Circa October 15, 2007
What Causes Autism THE BABBLE TAKE Diagnosed cases of autism are the rise. Estimates in the ‘80s put the number at roughly 1 in 2,500 American children. Today some say it’s as high as 1 in every 200. One developmental pediatrician calls autism “the new epidemic.” Autism is a collection of neurobiological conditions that lead…