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

Scientific research over the past 30 years has revealed a patchwork of potential causes of autism. Most of them are genetic—the condition is between 60 and 90 percent heritable—and some involve ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda has won praise from some whose loved ones have severe complications from autism. But others say his rhetoric fails to accurately portray people on the ...

Kennedy, who has for years promoted the discredited claim that vaccines cause autism, didn't mention childhood shots when ...

While Democrats in the House and Senate forced Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to answer for layoffs ...

Whether or not they are able to work is not the measure of a human’s worth. We are all human and we all have value, writes ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s comments about autism are part of a long legacy of right-wing politicians deciding which people’s ...

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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan to create a national autism database was met with doubt online as users questioned if those ...

A Column about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by James Coulter On Wed. Apr. 16, 2025, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., United States ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday that two major federal agencies within ...

Swimming has been illegal in most of D.C.’s waterways since the 1970s, largely because of contamination from the district’s aging sewer system.