WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the country will soon know what is causing a rise in autism rates, but there is little sign he has a team in place yet. Nearly two dozen prominent voices from mainstream autism research and in the anti-vaccine world said they have not been approached by Kennedy, and have no details about the proposed studies.
On Wednesday, the health secretary appeared in a press conference alongside Walter Zahorodny, director of a New Jersey autism surveillance study. They highlighted a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that suggests autism prevalence rose to 1 in 31 among 8-year-olds — a benchmark Kennedy used to justify more research.
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