Abstract

In February 2009, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) released decisions for the first three test cases heard under the program's Omnibus Autism Proceeding. In each of the cases — Cedillo v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Hazlehurst v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Snyder v. Secretary of Health and Human Services — the petitioners alleged that a child's autism spectrum disorder was caused by the combination of the measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine and thimerosal-containing vaccines. The decisions will have a substantial effect on vaccine policy and practice in the United States and will influence the analysis . . .

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