U.S. Secretary of Well being and Human Companies Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks throughout a information convention on the Division of Well being and Human Companies.
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U.S. Secretary of Well being and Human Companies Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks throughout a information convention on the Division of Well being and Human Companies.
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Secretary of Well being and Human Companies Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has spent years spreading doubt in regards to the security of vaccines and linking them to autism.
Dozens of research have debunked the idea, nevertheless it has however endured for years. A part of the rationale why could also be that autism diagnoses have soared over the previous few a long time.
Dr. Allen Frances is psychiatrist who led the duty power that created the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Handbook of Psychological Problems, which expanded the definition of Autism, which he says may need performed a consider that uptick.
Charges of autism have exploded in current a long time. Might the scientific definition of autism itself be partly responsible?
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