While autism experts claim that the rise in cases stems from greater awareness and improved diagnostic testing, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shut ...

Kennedy has prioritized autism in his aim to “Make America Healthy Again." On the heels of a new report showing that rates of autism diagnoses have again increased, Health and Human Services ...

Kennedy Jr. said April 10 during a meeting of President Donald Trump's Cabinet that the government will know the cause of the "autism epidemic” by September, and will be able to "eliminate those ...

The nation's top health agency will undertake a "massive testing and research effort" to determine the cause of autism, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday.

Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that rising rates of autism prevalence in the US reflect a “preventable” crisis-level epidemic that has been caused by an environmental toxin. Advocates for people ...

RFK Jr. has announced the Dept. of Health and Human Services will study whether 'environmental toxins' have contributed to rise in U.S. diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder. RFK Jr. and other ...

Some of the earliest studies on autism diagnosis from the 1960s and 1970s did estimate autism prevalence to be in the range of 2 to 4 cases for every 10,000 children, but that was many decades ago.

Geier has repeatedly claimed that vaccines cause autism — a link that’s already been fully debunked. “If this individual is involved, then it draws into immediate question the validity of ...

WASHINGTON- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down on his view that toxins in the environment contribute to autism with a series of new studies to investigate the issue as ...

Kennedy Jr., who for years lived in Westchester County and ran for president in 2024, is under fire for comments made about autism and its potential causes in a speech Wednesday. Kennedy ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unleashed a bizarre take on autism during a press conference Wednesday, describing the neurodevelopmental condition as a “preventable disease” caused by a mysterious ...

David Geier has been hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between vaccines and autism that were debunked long ago. By Christina ...