The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will not create a new autism registry, reversing an earlier announcement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "We are not ...

But an HHS official later contradicted him, telling reporters that the federal government was not creating an "autism registry." Then, on May 7, 2025, NIH and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and ...

A statement that denies the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is compiling an autism registry, but says instead that it is creating a sweeping database of existing health records ...

The Autism Science Foundation said the program raised concerns over privacy and confidentiality. On Friday, April 25, an HHS official told USA TODAY it is not creating such a registry. Here is ...

After the 2024 presidential election, my daughter told me that she was afraid people with autism would be "persecuted." As ...

A Department of Health and Human Services official said Friday that the health department is not creating an autism registry, contradicting an announcement made days ago by the director of the ...

11. The federal health department is not creating a new registry of Americans with autism, a Department of Health and Human Services official said in a written statement Thursday. Instead ...

His idea evokes the danger posed historically by officials who view people who are mentally ill or physically disabled as a ...