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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 ...
The 74 on MSN13d
Advocates Still Alarmed Even as HHS Walks Back Autism Registry Announcement
A statement that denies the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is compiling an autism registry, but says instead ...
Medical Device Network on MSN3d
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 ...
HHS hired researcher without medical license under RFK Jr., but role in autism study unclear
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' website said David Geier was hired as a "senior data analyst." ...
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HHS Clarifies: No New Autism Registry Will Be Created
The NIH will not create an autism registry as part of its $50 million project to research autism spectrum disorder.
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 ...
JB Pritzker signs order to fight RFK Jr.’s data collection on autism
The Illinois governor denounced the health secretary’s autism registry as creating “fear of surveillance or discrimination.” ...
Kennedy Announces New Database for Research Into ‘Root Causes’ of Autism
The director of the National Institutes of Health previously floated — then walked back — the idea of an autism registry, ...