For many experts, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s promise for “pulling back the curtain” to find autism’s causes in ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a partnership between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers ...

The partnership will focus first on "enabling research around the root causes" of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), HHS said.

Researchers will be able to examine datasets to explore patterns, treatment outcomes and potential causes linked to autism.

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans ...

An autistic journalist shares their story and challenges Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s misconceptions about autism and achievement.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' website said David Geier was hired as a "senior data analyst." ...

Speaking at a news conference in Washington, D.C., last month, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The National Institutes of Health director said they were launching an autism registry — but a Health and Human Services ...

Roughly 36 percent of Americans are enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid, meaning their sensitive data could be targeted.

The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research took place in Seattle from April 30–May 3, 2025.

The director of the National Institutes of Health previously floated — then walked back — the idea of an autism registry, alarming researchers and parents. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Sheryl Gay ...