Amanda Seitz
Health Care Policy Reporter at Associated Press
@AP reporter covering health care policy. Reach me: [email protected] | Proud Ohio native
Articles
-
6 days ago |
ncnewsonline.com | Amanda Seitz
WASHINGTON (AP) — As measles outbreaks popped up across the U.S. this winter, pediatricians waited for the nation's public health agency to send a routine, but important, letter that outlines how they could help stop the spread of the illness. It wasn't until last week — after the number of cases grew to more than 700, and a second young child in Texas had died from a measles infection — that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finally issued its correspondence.
-
6 days ago |
kdhnews.com | Amanda Seitz
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health secretary Robert F. 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 cause the developmental disorder. His call comes the day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report that found an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, a marked increase from 2020. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press.
-
1 week ago |
kstp.com | Amanda Seitz
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health secretary Robert F. 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 cause the developmental disorder. His call comes the day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report that found an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, a marked increase from 2020.
-
1 week ago |
mooresvilletribune.com | Amanda Seitz
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top health agency will undertake a “massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine critic who has pushed a discredited theory that routine childhood shots cause the developmental disability, said Thursday that the effort will be completed by September and involve hundreds of scientists.
-
1 week ago |
dailyitem.com | Amanda Seitz
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health secretary Robert F. 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 cause the developmental disorder. His call comes the day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report that found an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, a marked increase from 2020.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 4K
- Tweets
- 12K
- DMs Open
- No
RT @AP: BREAKING: A second child has died from a measles-related illness in a growing Texas outbreak, a hospital spokesman says. https://t.…
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered no new details Wednesday about his massive restructuring of @HHSGov. His silence is prompting questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike. @APNews https://t.co/997cyqXg4Z
RT @AP: Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national…