The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be conducting its own study into whether vaccines cause autism, despite reams of past research failing to prove any links. In a statement to ABC News,

The CDC is planning a large study on the long-discredited connection between autism and vaccines, a move that advocates say will squander precious government resources.

RFK Jr. is gearing up for changes in vaccine policies, with respect to messaging and the composition of the advisory panel that makes recommendations to the CDC.

On February 13, the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services in a narrow 52-48 vote. The appointment came amid nearly 1,300 layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),

Kennedy Jr. at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control announced this week it would be launching a study into the link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder,

Some health policy experts say Kennedy's early moves as HHS Secretary are concerning and suggest that he could undermine immunizations in less direct ways.

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.

The CDC conducted previous investigations, confirming past scientific studies that found no link between the two.

NBC News has learned that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are initiating expanded research into understanding autism and potential links between vaccines and autism, according to a source familiar with the CDC’s planning.