Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced plans to launch a controversial new multinational study into autism.
The announcement, made during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump, comes amid lingering criticism that Kennedy has offered mixed messaging on vaccination, including whether it causes autism.
While Kennedy, a lawyer who previously sued vaccine manufacturers, endorsed the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine on Sunday, calling it “the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles,” he also Sunday backed the use of unproven treatments for the infectious disease that has claimed three lives in the U.S. during this most recent outbreak.
