Robert F. Kennedy Jr. caused controversy in April by promising to find the cause for autism by September. Claims by the new US secretary for health and human services that autism is a “preventable ...

The Autism Science Foundation said the program raised concerns over privacy and confidentiality. On Friday, April 25, an HHS official told USA TODAY it is not creating such a registry.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services, is correct that reported autism rates have exploded in the ...

People with autism and skeptics of government overreach have raised alarm bells about the new registry and its potential for misuse. “As an autistic adult, I admit this makes me uncomfortable ...

Experts push back after RFK Jr. questions CDC autism data 03:56. A Department of Health and Human Services official said Friday that the health department is not creating an autism registry ...

The "autism registry" rumor started after CBS News reported on April 22, 2025, that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which HHS oversees, planned to launch "a new disease registry" to ...

Is RFK Jr. Making an ‘Autism Registry’? The internet recently went abuzz with claims that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching a new registry to track ...

An autism science group called out "red flags" this week after the National Institutes of Health appeared to share plans for an autism registry in a meeting on April 21. Now, the U.S. Department ...

Critics warn that a registry of people with autism poses great privacy and health risks, while others wonder about HIPAA violations—especially in light of what some say is Secretary Kennedy’s apparent ...

U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent. Administration health officials walked back a plan to register people with autism after criticism from scientists, privacy ...

The NIH's proposed autism registry, though walked back, raised concerns about data privacy and fueled anxiety within the autism community. The appointment of discredited researcher David Geier, a ...

The NIH's proposed autism registry, though walked back, raised concerns about data privacy and fueled anxiety within the autism community. The appointment of discredited researcher David Geier, a ...