His idea evokes the danger posed historically by officials who view people who are mentally ill or physically disabled as a ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This story was updated on May 7, 2025, to reflect that the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a partnership on that day ...

To assist him in his quest to determine the cause — or causes — of autism ... Kennedy Jr. and his hand-picked researchers will have access to a so-called “disease registry” of autistic ...

Kennedy — who has previously promoted a scientifically debunked claim that autism is caused by vaccines — is also launching a new registry to ... trackers and more. RFK Jr. Says People with ...

Playing baseball, writing poetry, going out on dates — these are all activities that individuals with autism will “never be ...

Michigan's top health official questions Kennedy's research timeline while autism advocates criticize his characterization of ...

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.

Trump's "MAHA" commission, led by RFK Jr., detailed four reasons they say causes childhood chronic disease. Here's what to know in New Jersey.

The world-renowned autism expert shares her thoughts with NBC News after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered controversial remarks about autistic people.