The director of the National Institutes of Health previously floated — then walked back — the idea of an autism registry, ...

The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have partnered to research the causes of ...

Federal health agencies will create a database of autism patients enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid that researchers will use ...

CMS and NIH will start this partnership by establishing a data use agreement under CMS' Research Data Disclosure Program ...

When I was 12, my parents brought me to the Children’s National Hospital in D.C. for two days of testing. I was socially ...

Families and advocates are praising action taken to protect people in Illinois who have autism. On Wednesday, Gov. J.B.

The autism community mobilizes against a federal database that many fear could threaten privacy and autonomy. Advocates ...

The HHS secretary’s statements about the prevalence of autism and its causes contradict current scientific consensus.

The federal government must recognize the full spectrum of people with autism, not just those who are verbal and self-sufficient. Families such as mine are overwhelmed. We need long-term care ...

Kristyn Roth, chief marketing officer of the Autism Society of America, said Kennedy’s claims about autistic children’s ...

The National Institutes of Health director said they were launching an autism registry — but a Health and Human Services ...

Roughly 36 percent of Americans are enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid, meaning their sensitive data could be targeted.