News

NIH promises major autism updates ‘within next year’ despite RFK Jr.’s September goal
The NIH study will seek to identify what external environmental factors could be helping to drive rising autism rates.
RFK Jr. says cause of autism will be found by September, but experts fear he's reviving debunked theories
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a "massive testing and research effort" will focus on the cause of autism, but ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN2d
US official backs off promise to solve cause of autism by September
A top US science official on Tuesday backed away from a bold promise made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reveal ...
What we know (and don’t know) about autism, according to science
Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder, is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how people communicate, behave ...
RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the ...
Fact check: No autism registry, real-time data platform to be created, HHS says
An autism registry will not be created, a spokesperson for the United States Department of Health and Human Services told ...
GBH15h
NIH autism study will pull from private medical records
The National Institutes of Health plans to pool information from private sources like pharmacies and smartwatches.
mlive1d
RFK Jr. building Autism Registry to track Americans by using their personal data
WASHINGTON -- Private medical data for millions of Americans is being collected by the government as part of ongoing efforts ...
RFK Jr.'s autism study to utilize private health records
The National Institutes of Health will provide private health data to researchers for U.S. health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr.