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.

In spite of a body of scientific evidence that vaccines do not cause autism, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a new study to look for a link. "As President Trump said in his Joint Address to Congress,

Key Takeaways The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to study vaccines and autism, despite no evidence of a linkPublic health experts call the new study unnecessaryCritics worry longtime vaccine skeptic RFK Jr.