Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) whistleblower Dr. William Thompson released his August 27, 2014 public statement regarding internal studies confirming a link between the MMR vaccine and the development of autism. Dr. Thompson’s statement reads, in part:

“I regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before age 36 months were at increased risk for autism. Decisions were made regarding which findings to report after the data were collected, and I believe that the final study protocol was not followed.”