Erickson, who is pursuing a PhD at Brown, was the first openly autistic person compete on the reality TV show, and overcame ...

A key vaccine advisory panel handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to vote on a ...

We’re not going to find a smoking gun that is going to explain the incidence of autism. And it’s certainly not going to be ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. painted a bleak picture of people with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, that was especially hurtful to ...

Critics say Kennedy is ordering a review of childhood vaccines to stoke skepticism, risking the spread of disease.

A longtime vaccine critic hired by Health Secretary RFK Jr is reviewing safety data in an effort to revisit debunked claims that vaccines may cause autism.

CT Mirror's Laura Tillman discusses her story about Connecticut families' reactions to RFK Jr.'s recent comments about autism.

Michigan's top health official questions Kennedy's research timeline while autism advocates criticize his characterization of the condition as an "epidemic." ...

Autism, like many diagnoses ... had a profound impact on the entire family, including RFK Jr.’s father, the senior Robert F. Kennedy. “He was 14, 13 when she was lobotomized, so he was ...

Emery Eversoll and her mother shared a good laugh when Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that some autistic children will never write poems.

On April 16, now as head of Health and Human Services, RFK gave a press conference, and he described the tragedy of what he calls the autism “epidemic.” For years, he has insisted there is an ...

David Geier has sought access to a federal database from which he was previously barred.