US aims to uncover cause of autism by September: RFK

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr has set a deadline of September to identify the cause of autism, a condition that has seen a significant increase in diagnoses in the US since 2000. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a rate of 2.77% in eight-year-olds in 2020, up from 0.66% in 2000. President Donald Trump has established a commission to investigate the rise in autism rates, with Kennedy leading a global research effort to uncover the factors behind the epidemic.

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