Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a complex developmental condition that affects communication, social ...

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 ...

One out of 31 children — more than 3% of kids — have been identified with autism, according to the latest results published Tuesday from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study that ...

F Kennedy Jr. over comments he made Wednesday about autism. In a Wednesday press conference on a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Kennedy said “autism des ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Parents and advocates say his recent comments were misguided. Parents of children with autism are speaking out against recent comments made by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

criticized Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for comments he made Wednesday about autism. In a Wednesday press conference on a recent report from the Centers for Disease ...

“You’re going to get us the cause of autism by September. This is great,” Jack Schlossberg said in an X video. Reporter Robert F. Kennedy’s outspoken cousin Jack Schlossberg is trolling ...

Kennedy called autism an "epidemic" at his first press conference as the secretary of health and human services on April 16 Meredith Kile is a Digital News Writer-Editor at PEOPLE. She has been an ...

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 ...