Vaccine-autism debate hits court

Nearly 5,000 families are taking part; a ruling could be a year away.
Monday, June 11, 2007 | 2:00 a.m. CDT; updated 6:33 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008

For more than a decade, families across the country have been warring with the medical establishment over their claims that routine childhood vaccines are responsible for the nation’s apparent epidemic of autism. In an extraordinary proceeding that begins today, the battle will move from the ivory tower to the courts.

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