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RFK Jr.'s quiet hunt for autism culprits stalls as Trump orders baseless changes to childhood shots
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- President Trump has ordered a reduction in childhood vaccines, publicly blaming vaccinations for a rise in autism cases despite a lack of scientific evidence supporting this claim and no clear explanation from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Kennedy’s secretive, multimillion-dollar autism research project has failed to produce definitive results, and his anti-vaccine stance has caused concern among medical experts, autism advocacy groups, and federal scientists who have been largely excluded from the effort.
- The executive order, issued shortly before the midterm elections, has puzzled medical groups and political analysts due to its timing and departure from established vaccine schedules used by peer countries.
- Kennedy’s claims linking vaccines to autism have been repeatedly debunked by scientific studies, and his agenda has faced internal White House resistance amid ongoing measles outbreaks and public health concerns.
- Despite the controversy, Trump and Kennedy remain focused on identifying autism causes before the end of Trump’s term, though no conclusive findings have been shared publicly, and the administration has not specified which vaccines might be implicated.
