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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 ...
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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.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Launch National Autism Registry Using Americans’ Private Health Records
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is amassing Americans' private medical records for a new autism study. Data will be collected from ...
Health and Human Services denies it will create autism registry
Health and Human Services denies it will create autism registry - A ‘real-world data platform will link existing datasets to ...
U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent
Administration health officials walked back a plan to register people with autism after criticism from scientists, privacy ...
RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the ...
‘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 ...