Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is waging war on autism — and experts say it’s both unscientific and stigmatizing. The newly appointed HHS Secretary said autism ...

The latest surveillance data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a steep rise in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), extending a years-long trend of ...

Including about autism. Here’s how Kennedy’s recent claims stack up with the latest scientific understanding of autism. On an autism ‘epidemic.’ In an April 2025 press conference on autism ...

UNDERSTANDING. SERGEANT RYAN RUCKER WEARS AN AUTISM PATCH ON HIS SOUTHBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT UNIFORM. ONE OF HIS MISSIONS EDUCATING OTHER OFFICERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING AN ...

A Department of Health and Human Services official said Friday that the health department is not creating an autism registry, contradicting an announcement made days ago by the director of the ...

Ms. May is a writer and the mother of a child with autism. My daughter hasn’t spoken in five years. She never had many words, but they all disappeared just before she turned 2. She used to clap ...

To assist him in his quest to determine the cause — or causes — of autism by September, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his hand-picked researchers will have acce ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks about autism, a topic he’s clashed with scientists on for years.

Kennedy Jr.'s new effort to study autism, the NIH's top official said Monday. The new data will allow external researchers picked for Kennedy's autism studies to study "comprehensive" patient data ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed to discover the cause of autism by September, saying the “autism epidemic is running rampant.” While cases are on the rise ...

Scientists say the rise in youth diagnosed with autism is mostly due to loosening of the definition for autism, not environmental 'toxins' You can save this article by registering for free here.

Autism is more common than ever before, a new report suggests. As of 2022, about 1 in 31 children in the United States were diagnosed with autism by the time they were 8 years old, researchers ...