The director of the National Institutes of Health previously floated — then walked back — the idea of an autism registry, ...

The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have partnered to research the causes of ...

Federal health agencies will create a database of autism patients enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid that researchers will use ...

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Sriparna Roy WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal health agencies will create a database of autism patients ...

When I was 12, my parents brought me to the Children’s National Hospital in D.C. for two days of testing. I was socially ...

We already know a lot about the disorder and why its prevalence has increased.

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

RFK Jr.’s peddling of the long-debunked lie that vaccines or environmental toxins cause autism, and framing autistic people ...

In his first news conference as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that rising rates of autism prevalence in the US reflect a ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is amassing Americans' private medical records for a new autism study. Data will be collected from ...

The announcement comes amid lingering criticism that Kennedy has offered mixed messaging on vaccination, including whether it causes autism.

The autism community mobilizes against a federal database that many fear could threaten privacy and autonomy. Advocates ...