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Italian Court Reignites MMR Vaccine Debate After Award Over Child with Autism

Italian Court Reignites MMR Vaccine Debate After Award Over Child with Autism

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  • The Italian Health Ministry recently conceded that the MMR vaccine caused autism in a now nine-year-old boy. The Bocca family has subsequently been awarded a 15-year annuity totaling 174,000 Euros (just under $220,000), plus reimbursement for court costs. The judge ruled the boy “has been damaged by irreversible complications due to vaccination (prophylaxis trivalent MMR”

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