Eric Fombonne, an Oregon Health & Science University professor emeritus of psychiatry, said he doesn’t know how researchers would begin to investigate the "environmental toxins" Kennedy mentioned, ...

These are kids who will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem.

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned that children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism at an “alarming rate,” promising on Wednesday to conduct exhaustive studies to identify ...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned that children in the United States are ...

The health secretary’s recent comments continue to elicit criticism from members of the autistic community, including those ...

During President Donald Trump’s televised Cabinet meeting on April 10, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

The COVID vaccine brought a renewed public debate around vaccines. A new film airing on PBS explores the politicization of ...

Kennedy, Hotez says, made a “false statement” in claiming that the scientific community denies that there are any ...

More research is needed into all the potential risk factors for autism, including environmental risk factors, said longtime ...

Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. outlined the findings of a new survey from the CDC which found that autism diagnoses are continuing to increase in the U.S. Despite widespread ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to urge food manufacturers to phase out the use of eight dyes in the nation's food supply. Dr. Jessica Shepherd ...