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RFK Jr.'s Major Autism Study To Use Private Health Records

  • The National Institutes of Health will collect private health records under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan to find a cause and a cure for autism.
  • The National Institutes of Health, under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., plans to collect private health records to investigate autism causes and cures according to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya.
  • Bhattacharya stated that existing data resources are often fragmented and hard to access, justifying the data collection effort.
  • Kennedy has controversially labeled autism as a preventable disease, claiming an environmental toxin is responsible, despite expert opinions suggesting many factors influence autism diagnoses.
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Proposed autism registry is ‘dangerous,’ Maine disability rights activists say

The Trump administration has announced a sweeping autism study that uses private medical records from federal and commercial databases.

·Maine, United States
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