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Parents of autistic children are mounting a vicious campaign against scientists who refute the link between vaccines and autism. Virginia Hughes takes the temperature of the escalating debate.

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Hughes, V. Mercury rising. Nat Med 13, 896–897 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0807-896

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