An HHS official told USA TODAY that the department is not creating an autism registry, but is pursuing the real-world data ...

Key TakeawaysUnder fire, federal health officials say they will not create a new autism registryResearch will use existing, ...

"We are not creating an autism registry," a Department of Health and Human Services official said in a statement.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered a round of studies to identify the cause of autism, but ...

Autism advocates, scientists and senators called Kennedy’s assertions unscientific and alarming, with many in the autism ...

A statement that denies the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is compiling an autism registry, but says instead ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has not publicly commented regarding reports of the federal government enacting a ...

The health secretary's reported plan to create a registry to track Americans with autism has been met with backlash.

Those for and against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s comments on autism are still reacting and speaking out two weeks later.

NIH already keeps a list of registries for various diagnoses, but the "autism registry" report comes amid Kennedy's false ...

Scientific studies have shown that children with autism are five times more likely to face mealtime challenges.

The Trump administration has retreated from a controversial plan for a national registry of people with autism just days after announcing it as part of a new health initiative that would link ...