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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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

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

A proposed national autism registry by the Department of Health and Human Services sparked opposition nationwide, including ...

WASHINGTON -- Private medical data for millions of Americans is being collected by the government as part of ongoing efforts ...

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