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 concerning the security of vaccines and linking them to autism.
Dozens of research have debunked the speculation, nevertheless it has however persevered for years. A part of the explanation why could also be that autism diagnoses have soared over the previous couple of a long time.
Dr. Allen Frances is psychiatrist who led the duty drive that created the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Handbook of Psychological Issues, which expanded the definition of Autism, which he says may need performed a consider that uptick.
Charges of autism have exploded in latest a long time. May the scientific definition of autism itself be partly in charge?
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