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Kennedy's hunt for autism causes stalls

Headline from Casper Star-Tribune

President Donald Trump has ordered a reduction in childhood vaccines — publicly faulting the shots for an increase in autism cases — even as the nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has failed to produce evidence linking vaccinations…

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  1. KFF Health News

    Kennedy’s Quiet Hunt for Autism Culprits Stalls as Trump Orders Baseless Changes to Childhood Shots (opens KFF Health News)

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    KFF Health News's feed description

    The Trump administration is working to implement the president’s new order on childhood vaccines, which he publicly faulted for a rise in autism — even as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closed-door research has yet to produce evidence linking them.

  2. CBS News

    RFK Jr.'s hunt for autism culprits stalls amid Trump's baseless vaccine order (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s closed-door research has yet to produce evidence linking vaccines and autism.

  3. Casper Star-Tribune

    Kennedy's hunt for autism causes stalls (opens Casper Star-Tribune)

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    Casper Star-Tribune's feed description

    President Donald Trump has ordered a reduction in childhood vaccines — publicly faulting the shots for an increase in autism cases — even as the nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has failed to produce evidence linking vaccinations…

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