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RFK Jr. Says HHS Will Disclose Causes of Autism in September

During an Aug. 26 cabinet meeting, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to fulfill his April promise that the causes of autism will be revealed next month.
RFK Jr. Says HHS Will Disclose Causes of Autism in September
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks alongside Education Secretary Linda McMahon as President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 26, 2025. This is the seventh cabinet meeting of Trump's second term. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Jeff Louderback
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During a cabinet meeting in April, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to announce the causes of autism by September. Days before the calendar turns to that month, Kennedy reinforced that message.

Kennedy noted in a cabinet meeting on Aug. 26 that an autism study he initiated in April had uncovered “interventions” that are “almost certainly causing” the disorder.

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