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Breaking down RFK Jr.'s alleged 'autism registry' tracking Americans with the condition
The National Institutes of Health director said they were launching an autism registry — but a Health and Human Services ...
Health agencies "not creating an autism registry," official says, contradicting NIH director
"We are not creating an autism registry," a Department of Health and Human Services official said in a statement.
Will there be an autism registry? What we know after NIH drops plans for vast data platform
An HHS official told USA TODAY that the department is not creating an autism registry, but is pursuing the real-world data ...
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RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans ...
Privacy concerns swirl around HHS plan to build Medicare, Medicaid database on autism
The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National Institutes of Health to ...
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HHS launches autism project
HHS secretary RFK Jr’s directive to create what appears to be a registry of US citizens with autism, has been met with dismay ...
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Dem Governor Launches Plan to Counter RFK Jr.’s Autism Registry
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has a plan to protect autism-related data from RFK Jr.’s absurd plans to create a disease ...
HHS plan to use Medicare and Medicaid data to study autism alarms experts
Federal health officials didn’t provide information about how people’s private medical data will be collected and managed.
Canceled appointments, pleas to shred records: Talks of autism registry put families on edge
Researchers, clinicians and disability rights advocates are dismayed by RFK Jr.'s new autism study. Many view it as a big ...
‘Dangerous,’ ‘anti-science’, ‘dehumanizing’: CT families, officials and experts push back on RFK autism claims, registry
Autism advocates, scientists and senators called Kennedy’s assertions unscientific and alarming, with many in the autism ...
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HHS Clarifies: No New Autism Registry Will Be Created
The HHS took back its declaration that it would be creating a registry for autism spectrum disorder as part of its new research project.