Immunizations and Autism: The Insitute of Medicine issued a report on the MMR vaccine and autism. The gist - it's time to put that horse to pasture:

The Institute of Medicine, a highly influential adviser to the government on scientific matters, said Tuesday there is no credible evidence that either the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine or vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal cause autism.

The conclusion came in an 81-page report requested by two federal agencies to address the doubts raised by a small but vocal group of parents who question the safety of childhood vaccines.

The 14-person group of experts urged more research on autism but said further pursuit of possible links between vaccines and the devastating neurological disorder probably is not worth the money and effort.

Yes. It's time to divert those funds to other, more deserving projects.