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Health agencies "not creating an autism registry," official says, contradicting NIH director
"We are not creating an autism registry," a Department of Health and Human Services official said in a statement.
Will there be an autism registry? What we know after NIH drops plans for vast data platform
An HHS official told USA TODAY that the department is not creating an autism registry, but is pursuing the real-world data ...
Privacy concerns swirl around HHS plan to build Medicare, Medicaid database on autism
The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National Institutes of Health to ...
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Dem Governor Launches Plan to Counter RFK Jr.’s Autism Registry
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has a plan to protect autism-related data from RFK Jr.’s absurd plans to create a disease ...
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No new autism registry, HHS says, walking back NIH director’s claim
The federal health department is not creating a new registry of Americans with autism, an HHS official said Thursday.
HHS plan to use Medicare and Medicaid data to study autism alarms experts
Federal health officials didn’t provide information about how people’s private medical data will be collected and managed.
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Thousands Sign RFK Jr. 'Autism Registry' Petition
Kennedy and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency under the guise of HHS, are overseeing plans to launch a ...
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Legal Questions Raised Over Reported Plan for National Autism Registry
As reports circulate about a proposed plan under the Trump administration’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ...
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U.S. Health department denies plans for autism registry despite NIH director's comments
In a Monday council meeting, the head of the National Institute of Health said they are creating a new National Disease ...
‘Dangerous,’ ‘anti-science’, ‘dehumanizing’: CT families, officials and experts push back on RFK autism claims, registry
Autism advocates, scientists and senators called Kennedy’s assertions unscientific and alarming, with many in the autism ...
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Autism evaluations are being canceled over fears about a national registry
Michael VanPelt spent several weeks recently glued to his telephone, dialing doctors who might be able to get his 3-year-old ...