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RFK Jr.: Chronic diseases need top billing, not infectious diseases like measles and COVID
Kennedy has focused his healthcare crusade on his contention that American healthcare prioritizes treating chronic illnesses ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. September Autism Deadline Not 'Likely': Researcher
"To organize a large-scale U.S. effort on behalf of autism and autism epidemiology will take a lot of time," researcher ...
NIH director pushes back timeline for RFK Jr.'s autism answers
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said "it's hard to guarantee when science will make an advance." ...
'Disgusting': Strong reaction in Central Mass. to RFK Jr. comments about autism
Autism numbers in the U.S. are on the upswing, with 1 in 31 8-year-olds (3.2%) diagnosed in 2022. In 2000, the ratio was 1 in ...
RFK Jr. said many autistic people will never write a poem − even though there’s a rich history of neurodivergent poets and writers
Of course, there are countless autistic people who write poetry who aren’t famous and haven’t published books. Neurodivergent poet and educator Chris Martin, who works with autistic people around the ...
RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the ...
RFK Jr. exaggerates share of autistic population with severe limitations, experts suggest
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice—and in some quarters, outrage—for remarks about ...
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What Kennedy gets wrong about autism’s causes
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a news conference in D.C. on April 16. (Will ...