Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. insists an environmental toxin is responsible for increased autism prevalence in the U.S. “This is a preventable disease,” he said ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he's planning a series of studies aimed at identifying “environmental toxins” he claims are responsible for a dramatic rise in autism ...

Those of us who are professionals in the field did a collective eye roll,” one expert said of RFK’s recent statements.

RFK Jr.’s claims about a variety of topics in medicine have put him in the center of controversy among experts.

In just two months as the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made sweeping changes to the Department of Health and Human Services — and its priorities.

RFK Jr. and autism experts are at odds over the root cause of autism, as the Department of Health and Human Services launches massive autism research initiative.

Medical experts say that the rise in autism diagnosis is likely due to improved screenings and access to resources, but on Wednesday, RFK Jr. hazarded another guess: The secretary, who holds no ...

According to a new CDC report, in 2022, one in 31 children were diagnosed with autism by age 8 in the U.S., an uptick from one in 36 children in 2020 ...

Jet fuel is primarily made of hydrogen and carbon compounds, and planes aren’t spraying jet fuel as part of a Defense ...

The Trump administration said it will not create an autism registry after Kennedy promised a large research effort to find ...

The HHS secretary’s statements about the prevalence of autism and its causes contradict current scientific consensus.

Any concern that measles vaccinations could be linked to autism has been long debunked, stressed Tager-Flusberg, who leads a ...