Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that his department would examine six “environmental factors” that he said could lead to autism amid a rise in ...

In fact, the impact of environmental factors on disease etiology (or causation) has gained greater recognition in recent years. This has led to the conclusion that both genes and environment can ...

Kennedy Jr. warned that children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism at an “alarming rate,” promising on Wednesday to conduct exhaustive studies to identify any environmental factors that may ...