Kennedy Jr. said that the agency will launch a series of new studies aimed at finding the “environmental toxins” he believes are causing increasing rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that his department would examine six “environmental factors ... new studies to identify precisely what the environmental toxins are that are causing [autism ...

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 any environmental factors ...

Kennedy Jr. announced ... Autism experts, however, cast doubt on Kennedy’s assertion that environmental factors lead to autism and questioned his proposed timeline to prove such a link.

Earlier this month, Kennedy announced that his department would examine six “environmental ... Many studies have probed whether there is a link between vaccines and autism.

Kennedy Jr.’s pledge to find the cause for autism by September, calling the plan harmful. Kennedy announced ... that it has to be environmental and there is no genetic link to the condition.

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

Kennedy Jr said on Wednesday. The new platform will first focus on research around the root causes of autism, the Department ...

Kennedy referred to autism as a “preventable disease” and claimed environmental factors, rather than genetic predispositions, are the primary cause.

“External factors, environmental exposures,” Kennedy said ... There is no link between autism and vaccines. [The risk is that] the administration announces vaccines cause autism and ...

The HHS secretary’s statements about the prevalence of autism and its causes contradict current scientific consensus.