Investing.com -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning a comprehensive study to explore potential links between vaccines and autism, according to a Reuters report on Friday.

The role of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr in the proposed CDC study is uncertain. Kennedy Jr has been known to advocate anti-vaccine views in the past. The specifics of how the study will be conducted are yet to be revealed.

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