Those of us who are professionals in the field did a collective eye roll,” one expert said of RFK’s recent statements.

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

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The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans ...

Officials at the the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a partnership ...

NIH and CMS partner to advance autism research by sharing Medicare and Medicaid data through a new real-world data platform.

But researchers have long used insurance claims and similar data to study other important questions, such as access to autism services. And the NIH described the upcoming database as useful for ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National Institutes of Health to tap into Medicare and Medicaid data in its search for the root causes of ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order in response to federal efforts to create a database for autism research.

Pritzker said the order was necessary in response to concerns about the creation of a federal autism registry or database without legal protections.