Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) is again urging Congress to investigate claims that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concealed a possible link between a common childhood vaccine and autism.
In a floor speech Tuesday, Posey called attention to a former CDC scientist who in August offered what Posey said was proof that the agency “intentionally withheld controversial findings” about the connection between the measles vaccine and autism.
The long-time CDC scientist, Dr. William Thompson, began his crusade questioning the study this summer, arguing that scientists found an increased risk for autism among African-American boys who received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. But he claimed he and his colleagues decided not to publish the data.
Thompson provided much of the information to Posey’s office last August, prompting the Florida Republican to make several impassioned floor speeches that have generated little congressional reaction.
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