The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National Institutes of Health to tap into Medicare and Medicaid data in its search for the root causes of ...

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unveiling plans to give researchers access to data on Medicare and Medicaid enrollees with autism, though experts are doubtful that ...

The National Institutes of Health and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Wednesday Medicare and Medicaid private health data will be used for autism research. Secretary of Health and ...

Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee released a report on the country’s federal labor, health, human services, and education agencies in which staffers buried a small note of concern. It has ...

Autism experts and advocates expressed alarm after the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday it intends to create a database of enrolled Medicare and Medicaid patients to support a ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) signed an executive order to protect the collection and distribution of autism-related data for Illinois residents. The governor’s move comes after Health and Human Services ...

David Geier, appointed by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead autism-related research, is not a licensed medical doctor. The U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

“He doesn’t know anything!” said Joe, a bright 13-year-old diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as he walked into the psychiatric office. “Who?” the psychiatrist enquired. “RFK, Jr.—he ...

The HHS secretary recently said autism is part of a “chronic disease epidemic” that “destroys” children and families, and he faced criticism for saying people with autism will “never” pay taxes, hold ...