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NIH director pushes back timeline for RFK Jr.'s autism answers
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said "it's hard to guarantee when science will make an advance." ...
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‘Good science takes time’: Researcher skeptical autism cause will be found by September
In a news conference on the rise in autism spectrum disorder, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made no mention of ...
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RFK Jr Claims We Will “Know” The Cause Of Autism By September. Science Says That’s Very Unlikely
Now, Kennedy has claimed that a definitive cause of increasing autism diagnoses will be announced this September. But that’s not how scientific investigations work. There’s no scientific ...
Kennedy says Health and Human Services will determine the cause of autism by September
Trump suggested that vaccines could be to blame for autism rates, although decades of research have concluded there is no ...
Autism rate rises to 3% of children in CDC study
One out of 31 children — more than 3% of kids — have been identified with autism, according to the latest results published ...
RFK Jr. Is Missing 1 Major Point In The CDC's New Autism Report — And Experts Agree
As much as the current administration would like folks to believe there is something larger at play, the rise in autism ...
Map Reveals States With the Highest Autism Rates
California, as the most populous state, had the highest number of adults estimated to be on the autism spectrum, with 701,669 ...
RFK Jr attributes rise in autism to environmental factors, while CDC points to improved diagnostic practices
RFK Jr. and autism experts are at odds over the root cause of autism, as the Department of Health and Human Services launches massive autism research initiative.