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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 ...
Health agencies "not creating an autism registry," official says, contradicting NIH director
"We are not creating an autism registry," a Department of Health and Human Services official said in a statement.
HHS clarifies: No new autism registry will be created
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will not create a new autism registry, reversing an earlier ...
Will there be an autism registry? What we know after NIH drops plans for vast data platform
An HHS official told USA TODAY that the department is not creating an autism registry, but is pursuing the real-world data ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Launch National Autism Registry Using Americans’ Private Health Records
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is amassing Americans' private medical records for a new autism study. Data will be collected from ...
What to know about reports RFK Jr. is launching registry to track Americans with autism
NIH already keeps a list of registries for various diagnoses, but the "autism registry" report comes amid Kennedy's false ...
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Autism evaluations are being canceled over fears about a national registry
Michael VanPelt spent several weeks recently glued to his telephone, dialing doctors who might be able to get his 3-year-old ...
RFK Jr. Wants an Autism ‘Registry.’ People Are Pissed
It's just the latest announcement from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. to anger the autism community.
‘Dangerous,’ ‘anti-science’, ‘dehumanizing’: CT families, officials and experts push back on RFK autism claims, registry
Autism advocates, scientists and senators called Kennedy’s assertions unscientific and alarming, with many in the autism ...
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Parents, professionals express concerns about proposed national 'Autism Registry'
WPTV is diving into the proposed creation by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, for a ...
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Is RFK Jr. building a National Autism Registry? Outrage grows over medical data collection
The National Institutes of Health is gathering medical records ... Critics are calling it an "autism registry." Social media users express outrage, citing privacy violations and historical parallels.