Study: No link between measles vaccine and autism

September 4, 2008 By LAURAN NEERGAARD , AP Medical Writer

(AP) -- New research further debunks any link between measles vaccine and autism, work that comes as the nation is experiencing a surge in measles cases fueled by children left unvaccinated.

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