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‘Dangerous,’ ‘anti-science ,’ dehumanizing’: CT families, officials and experts push back on RFK autism claims, registry
Autism advocates, scientists and senators called Kennedy’s assertions unscientific and alarming, with many in the autism ...
Will there be an autism registry? What we know after NIH drops plans for vast data platform
An HHS official told USA TODAY that the department is not creating an autism registry, but is pursuing the real-world data ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Launch National Autism Registry Using Americans’ Private Health Records
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is amassing Americans' private medical records for a new autism study. Data will be collected from ...
In first news conference as HHS secretary, Kennedy says autism is an epidemic in the US
In his first news conference as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said ...
Mark Lane: Kennedy autism speech doesn't describe the grandson I know
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ill-chosen words on autism have provoked something like rage ...
Kennedy’s Dangerous Autism Claims
Readers, including some with autism, rebut Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements. Also: President Trump vs.
Arizona charter school founder for kids with autism named to federal education post
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the founder of an Arizona charter network for autistic students would join the ...
‘The Accountant 2’ Director Was “Dumbfounded” At RFK Jr.’s “Ignorant” Autism Comments
Following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s rhetoric around people with autism, 'The Accountant 2' director Gavin O'Connor criticized ...