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The notion that vaccines cause autism was born out of a fraudulent 1998 study, hypothesizing that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine caused intestinal inflammation, which, in turn, led to the development of autism.—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2025 Florida immunization requirements for students include vaccines against polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B among others.—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 The decision does not affect guidance for the separate MMR and varicella vaccines, however, and the ACIP did not recommend that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines be administered in three different shots.—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025 In 1998, researcher Andrew Wakefield claimed there was a link between autism and the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, also known as the MMR vaccine.—Juliana Kim, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rubella
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New Latin, from Latin, feminine of rubellus reddish, from ruber red — more at red
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