Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a "massive testing and research effort" will focus on the cause of autism, but his approach has raised alarms.| www.cbsnews.com
"You can be incredibly supportive of people, but giving them false hope is wrong," said Dr. Peter Marks.| www.cbsnews.com
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said "it's hard to guarantee when science will make an advance."| www.cbsnews.com
"We are not creating an autism registry," a Department of Health and Human Services official said in a statement.| www.cbsnews.com
CDC experts were not made available to discuss the findings showing a rise in autism prevalence.| www.cbsnews.com
Council of Councils MeetingApril 21, 2025Virtual MeetingMeeting MinutesVideocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=56725| dpcpsi.nih.gov
(April 16, 2025 - New York) This morning, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference during which he argued without evidence that the increased prevalence in autism diagnosis is linked to environmental toxins and contradicted the findings of a just released CDC report (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/ss/ss7402a1.htm) from its Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network| Autism Science Foundation
