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... was politicized, senator. I mean, we were lied to about everything,” said Kennedy, a former anti-vaccine advocate who has spread misinformation about vaccines and autism. The health secretary claimed the federal government, including the CDC, lied about the “science behind cloth masks” and COVID vaccines preventing transmission and infection ...
... ridiculous,” said he was “talking gibberish” and accused him of “not understanding how the world works” as Lujan asked about Kennedy’s past comments on autism and vaccines. Kennedy also told Sen. Bernie Sanders that the Vermont independent was not “making any sense” during his line of questioning and engaged ...
... to vaccine guidance by the Trump administration. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a former anti-vaccine advocate who has spread misinformation about vaccines and autism, has led several U.S. policy and personnel changes so far, including more narrow national recommendations for who should get a COVID booster, firing ...
... role. That's according to the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the CDC. The longtime government scientist was confirmed by the Senate late last month, after President Trump pulled his first pick -- that was former Congressman Dave Weldon -- over concerns about his views on vaccines and autism.
... Nawaz: There's a lot to keep up in the Cabinet meeting. There's another topic I want to ask you about, and that is autism and this administration's ongoing push, they say, to investigate its causes. What did the president say about that? Lisa Desjardins: This really caught ...
... defense submitted that Erin Patterson claimed she had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and that her husband believed she suffered from anxiety, high-functioning autism and possible ADHD. The judge said the evidence of Asperger's "doesn't have a lot of credibility."Prosecutor Jane Warren dismissed the claims ...
... wouldn't trade being a mother to Theo for anything, but that doesn't mean it's easy being a parent to a child with autism. Theresa Engle: He has days where he's very negative, and you just kind of absorb it and then you're thinking of all ...
... than in 2011. Obesity rates rose from 17 to 20 percent among children between 2007 and 2023. And rates of depression, anxiety, sleep apnea and autism have all increased. What is the significance of children's health deteriorating across these metrics and more of them? Dr. Christopher Forrest, Children's ...
... wellness and telehealth. Kennedy also sought to collect more data from Americans’ medical records, which he has previously said he wants to use to study autism and vaccine safety. Kennedy has filled the agency with staffers who have a history of working at or running health technology startups and businesses ...
... society more critical and less supportive. Stephanie Sy: What do you think is driving this? And in some ways is having an ADHD or an autism self-diagnosis becoming sort of a form of identity? Taisha Caldwell-Harvey: I think people look for community, right. When you're experiencing something ...
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