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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan to use Medicaid and Medicare data to study autism, aiming to uncover its root causes. The initiative involves a data-sharing agreement between the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. However, experts like Helen Tager-Flusberg argue that the data may not reveal the causes of autism, which are likely complex and involve genetics and early-life factors.

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