HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a cabinet meeting that his agency has identified "interventions" that it says are behind rising autism rates and will "address them" next month. "We will have that answer for you," RFK Jr told Dotard Trumpf. He did not elaborate on what the "interventions" were, or how HHS will address them. The nephew of JFK first pledged in April to find the "environmental toxin" that he says must be behind rising autism rates by Sep 2025. Scientists dispute the reasons autism rates have rapidly increased in the last few decades, but most believe a combination of factors including better diagnostic criteria, genetics, and environmental pollution is likely at play. Experts have also doubted whether Kennedy's self-imposed September deadline was realistic. Even Kennedy's own CDC director said it's difficult to set hard deadlines when it comes to scientific discoveries.
