While U.S. surgeons general are not required to have active medical licenses, Casey Means' nomination has ignited a debate ...

Researchers have already used Medicaid and Medicare claims data for a long time, said Eric Rubenstein, an autism researcher at Boston University. The data is ideal for studying health disparities and ...

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unveiling plans to give researchers access to data on enrollees with autism, though ...

Federal health officials didn’t provide information about how people’s private medical data will be collected and managed.

We’re using this partnership to uncover the root causes of autism and other chronic diseases,” Kennedy said. Experts aren't ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) signed an executive order to protect the collection and distribution of autism-related data for ...

Executive Order 2025-02 protects individuals from unauthorized data collection and sharing by state agencies and ensures that autism-related information is handled only when necessary and with ...

The partnership will focus first on "enabling research around the root causes" of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), HHS said.