New candidate genes which could be responsible for deafness have been identified. Congenital deafness (hearing loss from ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting that, by September, his agency will "know what has ...

The Health and Human Services secretary said a conclusion would be in hand by September, setting off alarms. But he may have ...

Many autistic girls are misdiagnosed or overlooked entirely, missing out on critical support and understanding. Here's why.

The nation’s health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday that the effort will be completed by September and involve hundreds of scientists.

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a "massive testing and research effort" will focus on the cause of autism, but his approach has raised alarms.

Kennedy says the HHS has launched a "massive testing and research effort" to uncover the cause of the "autism epidemic." ...

"By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic," Kennedy said Thursday. "And we'll be able to eliminate those ...