Autism study linking MMR vaccines to autism retracted

The Lancet medical journal formally retracted a paper on Tuesday that caused a 12-year international battle over links between the three-in-one childhood MMR vaccine and autism.

The paper, published in 1998 and written by British doctor Andrew Wakefield, suggested the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot might be linked to autism and bowel disease.

His assertion, since widely discredited, caused one of the biggest medical rows in a generation and led to a steep drop in the number of vaccinations in the United States, Britain and other parts of Europe, prompting a rise in cases of measles.

“It has become clear that several elements of the 1998 paper by Wakefield … are incorrect,” the internationally renowned scientific journal said in a statement.

Filipino Inmates perform Michael Jackson’s This is It

Watch Philippines’  ”Dancing Inmates”  from Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a maximum security prison perform Michael Jackson’s This is It.  The dance was led by Michael Jackson’s long-time choreographer Travis Payne and dancers Daniel Celebre and Dres Reid who came to the country to teach performances from THIS IS IT.