New York: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recast the vaccine safety section of its website on Wednesday to align with the view of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that childhood vaccines cause autism, countering decades of science showing them to be safe.

The U.S. public health agency's website on Wednesday night was changed to say that "The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism."

It added that health authorities have "ignored" studies supporting the link between the two.

For decades, the CDC has backed the use of life-saving childhood vaccines both in the U.S. and abroad. The CDC's website previously said "studies have shown there is no link betwe

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