Updated · University of Minnesota Twin Cities · Apr 28
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee holds first meeting with new membership
Updated
Updated · University of Minnesota Twin Cities · Apr 28
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee holds first meeting with new membership
7 articles · Updated · University of Minnesota Twin Cities · Apr 28
The federal panel, which helps direct more than $300m in annual autism research funding, met after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed entirely new members, including a new chair.
Biographies released before the meeting showed appointees with ties to Kennedy’s campaign and vaccine-sceptic groups, including Autism Action Network founder John Gilmore and anti-vaccine activist Ginger Taylor.
A parallel Independent Autism Coordinating Committee, formed in March by former chairs, NIH directors and autism scientists, says it aims to ensure autism research is guided by science rather than misinformation.
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