His idea evokes the danger posed historically by officials who view people who are mentally ill or physically disabled as a ...

Editor's note: This story was updated on May 7, 2025, to reflect that the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a partnership on that day ...

Is RFK Jr. Making an ‘Autism Registry’? The internet recently went abuzz with claims that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching a new registry to track ...

How will this registry be protected?" she asked. The heightened public focus on autism comes as Kennedy has repeatedly vowed to identify the cause of the disorder and ultimately eradicate it.

Trump's "MAHA" commission, led by RFK Jr., detailed four reasons they say causes childhood chronic disease. Here's what to know in New Jersey.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s discussed plan to create a national autism registry has not been a cause for concern for many, and that includes medical experts. Perhaps most outspoken about the ...

Michigan's top health official questions Kennedy's research timeline while autism advocates criticize his characterization of ...

Concerns are raised about the potential privacy implications of a national autism registry and the need for voluntary participation focused on research. Parents call for greater awareness and ...

Kennedy, who has for years promoted the discredited claim that vaccines cause autism, didn't mention childhood shots when announcing the study. But he proclaimed his certainty that an "environ­mental ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who serves as President Donald Trump's top adviser on health policy, testified on May 14 that he ...

She lives it, teaches it, and coaches other parents through it. When she heard RFK Jr. launched a national autism registry and claimed he would identify the environmental causes of autism ...