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RFK Announces New Database For Studying Autism 2 Weeks After Denying Autism Registry
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by on May 8, 2025May 8, 2025

RFK Announces New Database For Studying Autism 2 Weeks After Denying Autism Registry

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images News/Getty Images On May 7, Robert Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a partnership between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) to build a “real-world data platform” to study autism. This data-sharing plan would enable research by using data from Medicare...

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The Developmental Pediatrician Shortage Is Real & It Came For My Daughter
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by on November 20, 2024November 20, 2024

The Developmental Pediatrician Shortage Is Real & It Came For My Daughter

sturti/E+/Getty Images When you have a child with a disability or developmental disorder, one of the first steps of intervention is to begin assembling a team of specialists to support them. What that team looks like will vary by the child and their specific needs. My daughter has autism, for example, and her care team...

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