Study allays fears about vital vaccine

A new study has found no evidence of a link between autism and the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

Researchers hope the findings will help boost the rate of immunization against these illnesses amid some parental concerns about a potential link.

The research published last week in the online version of the journal Public Library of Science in the US sought to test results of a 1998 study led by Dr Andrew Wakefield of the Royal Free Hospital in Britain, which said there was a link between autism and the vaccine.