The health secretary’s approach to the condition gives the impression that two decades of research simply never happened.

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a "massive testing and research effort" will focus on the cause of autism, but his approach has raised alarms.

The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research took place in Seattle this week. In April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services disclosed that it’s planning a $50 ...

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 ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that his department would examine six “environmental factors” that he said could lead to autism amid a rise in ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the agency is planning to study what causes autism and release results in September. ... More focus, funding for autism research could be beneficial, ...

His research directive comes as autism rates in the U.S. are rising, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention releasing a report that an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, a ...

Experts say research rebuts HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s assertions that autism prevalence is increasing because of environmental toxins.

RFK Jr. calls rising autism rates an ‘epidemic’ and seeks 'environmental' cause : Shots - Health News Researchers and advocates have pushed back at what they consider inaccurate and ...

In late April and early May 2025, a rumor spread that David Geier, whom U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly chose to work on autism-related research, was ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday the department will shift its research into autism toward potential environmental causes, though ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that his department would examine six “environmental factors” that he said could lead to autism amid a rise in ...