RFK Jr. Reaffirms September Autism Findings Promise

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Above: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a cabinet meeting on Aug. 26, 2025. Image copyright: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Pro-government narrative

Kennedy’s confirmation that the HHS’s autism findings will be published by September is yet another promise made and another promise kept by this administration. The dramatic rise in autism diagnoses demands no less from the federal government, which will do everything in its power to tackle the environmental causes behind this epidemic.

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Government-critical narrative

The pseudo-science paraded by Trump and Kennedy on Tuesday is not enlightening but rather deeply dangerous. The president has empowered Kennedy to fulfill his anti-vax fantasies and sensationalize them to the public, despite decades of rigorous academic research from across the globe debunking his theories, thereby undermining public health.

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