U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s stark comments about children with autism have splintered a community of ...

Michigan's top health official questions Kennedy's research timeline while autism advocates criticize his characterization of ...

Garcia: Yeah, you know, there was obviously the whole thing, which is that “autism destroys families.” RFK Jr.: This is an individual tragedy as well. Autism destroys families, and more ...

Love on the Spectrum star James B. Jones is speaking out against RFK Jr., calling his misinformation “harmful and irresponsible.” Jones, a vocal advocate for the autism community, emphasized the ...

President Donald Trump hailed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a reformer when appointing him health and human services (HHS) secretary, declaring Kennedy would get “the American people the facts and ...

When RFK, Jr., said “environmental toxins” are causing autism, do you think he was talking about vaccines? Well, I listened very carefully to his testimony [on Wednesday]. And he will not rule ...

Kennedy Jr. claimed that autism is definitively caused by environmental ... it’s very small.” While RFK did not mention vaccines in the conference, he recently appointed a controversial ...

Editor's note: This story was updated on May 7, 2025, to reflect that the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a partnership on that day ...

These statements swiftly drew criticism from autism experts and advocates, who called the remarks disrespectful and untrue. American Psychological Association CEO Arthur C. Evans Jr. countered ...

Is the government studying autism? Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last month launched a "massive testing and re­search effort" that he says by September will reveal the mystery of what ...