What action did The Lancet take in 2010 regarding Wakefield's paper?
Endorsement
Promotion
Citation
Retraction
Answer
The Lancet, a prominent medical journal, retracted the 1998 paper by Andrew Wakefield and colleagues linking the MMR vaccine to autism in 2010. This retraction was a significant development as the paper had been a catalyst for the anti-vaccine movement, leading to a decline in MMR vaccination rates and subsequent outbreaks of measles.
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