Senators sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warning him that cuts to the agency could ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a partnership between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers ...

The partnership will focus first on "enabling research around the root causes" of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), HHS said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan Wednesday to use medical data and records from ...

The database - which HHS said will draw from insurance claims, medical records, and data from wearable technology such as smartwatches - is one of the first steps in HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...

Researchers will be able to examine datasets to explore patterns, treatment outcomes, and potential causes linked to autism.

The cuts came on the heels of President Trump signing an executive order calling for the government to help expand access to fertility treatments.

Executive Order 2025-02 protects individuals from unauthorized data collection and sharing by state agencies and ensures that autism-related information is handled only when necessary and with ...

Pritzker said the order was necessary in response to concerns about the creation of a federal autism registry or database without legal protections.