Compiling data and creating a new registry for autism CBS News reported that the National Institutes of Health, which operates under the Department of Health and Human Services, announced earlier ...

This week, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya sent shockwaves through the autism community by announcing the creation of a “disease registry” to track autistic people ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — An autism registry will not be created, a spokesperson for the United States Department of Health and Human Services told PIX11 News in an email Thursday afternoon. Instead of ...

The Autism Science Foundation said the program raised concerns over privacy and confidentiality. On Friday, April 25, an HHS official told USA TODAY it is not creating such a registry.

Another person wrote, "RFK Jr.'s autism registry is a chilling overreach, tracking private medical data without consent violates HIPAA and echoes eugenics. It's not about health; it's about control.

Overall, I do not see a benefit to the federal government creating an autism registry. Many state registries lack funding, so although they are unethical, the harm they can do is limited.

While HHS is not creating a new registry of Americans with autism, the agency is launching a $50 million research effort to understand the causes of autism spectrum disorder and improve treatments, an ...

University scientists are key players in a new program aiming to advance autism research by creating a statewide registry of patients who have been diagnosed as on the spectrum. Spearheaded by the ...

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office uses a special autism registry to help find them. So far, 65 people with the disorder are on the registry, but the Sheriff's Office wants more people to sign up.

An autism science group called out "red flags" this week after the National Institutes of Health appeared to share plans for an autism registry in a meeting on April 21. Now, the U.S. Department of ...