Months later, whatever happened to RFK Jr.’s self-imposed deadline on autism?

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Months later, whatever happened to RFK Jr.’s self-imposed deadline on autism? Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised to deliver groundbreaking news on autism research in September. It’s October. He failed.

Oct. 1, 2025, 2:28 PM EDT

By Steve Benen

The White House Cabinet meeting held in April was weird for a great many reasons, but it was a comment from Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that stood out. At Donald Trump ’s “direction,” the health secretary declared that U.S. officials would discover the causes of autism — in less than six months.

“We’ve launched a massive testing and research effort that’s going to involve hundreds of scientists from around the world,” Kennedy boasted . “