TV scientist Bill Nye said he cut Robert F. Kennedy Jr. off after the now-health secretary bombarded him with text messages about autism. The host of Bill Nye the Science Guy, whose show has educated millions of viewers about science,

The Science Guy” said the messages were proof that the health and human services secretary is “not suited” for his job.

Bill Nye revealed a barrage of old text messages from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., some of which were links to articles promoting vaccine skepticism.

Bill Nye the Science Guy says he had to cut ties with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after receiving endless text messages about autism and vaccines.

Michigan's top health official questions Kennedy's research timeline while autism advocates criticize his characterization of the condition as an "epidemic."

Kennedy's picks circumvented the usual CDC process for selecting members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. In previous administrations, career agency officials — not political leaders — vetted potential experts before forwarding them to the department for the secretary's approval.

The U.S. federal health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made several debated claims about autism prevalence, including that it has become 'an epidemic'. A board certified family medicine physician helps us fact-check these claims.

Jeffrey Lurie has pledged the eye-watering sum of money to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine as part of efforts to launch the Lurie Autism Institute in the city