RFK Jr. Exaggerates Share of Autistic Population With Severe Limitations

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks about autism, a topic he’s clashed with scientists about for years. Kennedy held an April 16 press conference pegged to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that found the prevalence of autism rising to 1 in 31 among 8-year-olds, the…

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What is the Critical Medicines Act?

On Tuesday (11 March 2025) the European Commission presented the draft of its new Critical Medicines Act (CMA). The Science Media Centre España writes that the CMA’s objective is: …to address the serious shortage of medicines and healthcare products, reduce external dependence on critical medicines and ingredients — especially from Asia — and guarantee the…

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