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UK General Medical Council

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Jan 16, 2026
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List findings against Dr Andrew Wakefield

Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 Lancet paper asserting a link between the MMR vaccine and autism was formally retracted and later described as fraudulent after years of investigation; multiple inquiries found...

Feb 6, 2026

What did the Wakefield study actually claim and why was it retracted?

's 1998 Lancet paper reported a small case series suggesting a new "syndrome" linking — an implication that MMR might trigger autism — but the paper contained no robust evidence of causation and was l...

Jan 8, 2026

Dr Andrew Wakefield was unfairly vilified

Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 Lancet paper linking the MMR vaccine, bowel disease and autism was widely publicized and later retracted amid findings of serious ethical and scientific misconduct; investigato...

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