Staff at the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment are concerned about plans to create a registry of Americans with ...

RFK Jr.'s government autism registry is really frightening Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks about a surge in autism cases on April 16. Credit: Getty Images/Alex Wong ...

Richard Angwin, an X user with more than 190,000 followers, wrote: "RFK Jr.'s autism registry is a chilling overreach, tracking private medical data without consent violates HIPAA and echoes eugenics.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long been known for his unproven and fringe views, including attempts to link autism to factors such as vaccines without evidence. Now ...

Another person wrote, "RFK Jr.'s autism registry is a chilling overreach, tracking private medical data without consent violates HIPAA and echoes eugenics. It's not about health; it's about control.

On April 22, 2025, CBS News reported that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to launch a "disease registry" to track Americans with autism as part of U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, April ...

When she heard RFK Jr. launched a national autism registry and claimed he would identify the environmental causes of autism, she did not hear hope, but rather a warning sign.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is set to amass the private medical records of Americans for a new autism study. On April 21, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya — director ...

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

Commentary Comment: RFK Jr., others need a better understanding of autism Here’s what he’s missing regarding those like my daughter who are shaped — not destroyed — by autism. Saturday ...