Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey blasted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other federal officials after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website was changed to contradict the longtime scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism.

The CDC “vaccine safety” webpage was updated last week, saying “the statement ‘Vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim.”

The change is the latest move by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to revisit — and foster uncertainty about — long-held scientific consensus about the safety of vaccines and other pharmaceutical products.

“It is disturbing and sad to witness the federal government undermining the very foundation of public health based on conspiracy theories and false information," Healey said in a statement released Monday. "But that's what’s been happening. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – once the world’s foremost source of evidence-driven public health guidance – has taken another step down a dangerous path shaped by ideology rather than science and data."

“The posting last week on CDC’s website – at the direction of Secretary Kennedy – insinuating a link between vaccines and autism is the latest troubling installment," the governor added. "This claim is wrong and directly contradicts to decades of scientific research involving millions of people."

“The science is unequivocal, and the evidence is overwhelming: there is no connection between vaccines and autism. Vaccines...

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