US CDC to award research contract on vaccines and autism

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a contract for investigating the association between vaccines and autism prevalence, a ... Read More

CDC's No-Bid Contract on Vaccine-Autism Study Raises Alarm

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long promoted a debunked link between autism and vaccines and promised to conduct exhaustive studies to identify any environmental factors that may cause the ... Read More

RFK Jr. has made big promises on autism. Here's the latest

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a study on autism he spearheaded in April had found “interventions” that could be causing the neuro-developmental disorder. He said the results of the study ... Read More

RFK Jr. says ‘aggregation of causes’ likely leads to autism

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday he thinks his agency’s forthcoming report on autism will reveal an “aggregation of causes” that lead to the neurological ... Read More

RFK Jr. vowed to find the environmental causes of autism. Then he shut down research trying to do just that

This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive its biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Erin McCanlies was ... Read More

Kennedy said there will be autism answers this month. With public health agencies in upheaval, autism advocates are alarmed

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged in April that there would be answers on the causes of autism this month. Since then, he has ousted public health officials, ... Read More

US CDC to award research grant on vaccines and autism

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a single-source contract for investigating the association between vaccines and autism ... Read More