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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.
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 ...
‘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 ...
RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the ...
U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent
Administration health officials walked back a plan to register people with autism after criticism from scientists, privacy ...
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U.S. Health department denies plans for autism registry despite NIH director's comments
In a Monday council meeting, the head of the National Institute of Health said they are creating a new National Disease ...
With NIH Plans for an Autism Registry, RFK Jr.’s Public Health Takeover Grows More Alarming
The National Institutes of Health is looking to create a registry of autistic people, which, yes, has horrifying historical ...
Legal Questions Raised Over Reported Plan for National Autism Registry
As reports circulate about a proposed plan under the Trump administration’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create a ...