Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order in response to federal efforts to create a database for autism research.

The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National Institutes of Health to ...

The director of the National Institutes of Health previously floated — then walked back — the idea of an autism registry, ...

Roughly 36 percent of Americans are enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid, meaning their sensitive data could be targeted.

Federal health agencies will create a database of autism patients enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid that researchers will use ...

The head of a local program focused on treating patients with autism spectrum disorder said last week that he hopes plans for ...

The Department of Health and Senior Services on Wednesday introduced a pilot program to collect information about autism. The ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a first-in-the-nation executive order to block the federal ...

For many experts, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s promise for "pulling back the curtain" to find autism's causes in ...

The order was in response to a move by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services earlier Wednesday to research and ...

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The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans ...