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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 ...
U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent
Administration health officials walked back a plan to register people with autism after criticism from scientists, privacy ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Maine advocates push back against federal plan for autism registry
PORTLAND (WGME) – Advocates are pushing back against a study to compile autism data for a new national disease registry. It's ...
Fake video shows RFK Jr. saying, 'Kids are gayer than ever and they're fat, repulsively fat'
In April 2025, online users discussed a video purportedly showing U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
Health agencies "not creating an autism registry," official says, contradicting NIH director
"We are not creating an autism registry," a Department of Health and Human Services official said in a statement.