'Ridiculous': Expert astounded by RFK's new autism claim

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave a speech in which he called autism "preventable" and vowed to prioritize a hunt for environmental causes, drawing ire and condemnation from researchers into neurodivergence, reported The New York Times on Wednesday.

Kennedy has long pushed conspiracy theories linking autism to vaccination, an idea based on a long-discredited, fraudulent study that has no evidence to support it. He has halfheartedly tried to show his support for vaccination...