HHS denied censoring Dr. Kevin Hall, the researcher who announced his early retirement on Wednesday, saying it was a ...

Kennedy has prioritized autism as one of the chronic illnesses he’s determined to tackle in his aim to “Make America Healthy Again." ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested environmental factors may be behind the rise in autism rates without evidence. NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports.

Among the "factors" Kennedy said would be scrutinized are ultrasound scans, mold, pesticides, food chemicals, medicines and ...

The Trump administration is formulating plans to cut roughly a third of the federal health budget, eliminate dozens of ...

"I don't think there's one smoking gun," one autism researcher told Newsweek about data pointing to increased autism cases in ...

It’s good that his department is addressing the epidemic, but how it’s done matters.

RFK Jr. and autism experts are at odds over the root cause of autism, as the Department of Health and Human Services launches ...

Experts attribute the increase in autism diagnoses to broader definitions and improved detection methods, alongside potential genetic and environmental factors.

In his first news conference as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said ...

As measles outbreaks popped up across the U.S. this winter, pediatricians waited for the nation's public health agency to ...