Update: The London Times story we cited has been allegedly shown to be false.The esteemed Melanie Phillips writes on the case.Last week we blogged about Lancet's false reports in 2006 of Iraqi casualties and the author of that unsubstantiated report.Today the Times UK notes that a study in Lancet that connected autism with vaccinations is also false and this one has led many parents to forego critical vaccinations, subjecting many to the effects of measles, once a minor hazard when almost everyone was vaccinated:THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link with autism, a Sunday Times investigation has found. Confidential medical documents and interviews with witnesses have established that Andrew Wakefield manipulated patientsʼ data, which triggered fears that the MMR triple vaccine to protect against measles, mumps and rubella was linked to the condition....(Read Full Post)