Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced that he will soon reveal what he believes is the underlying cause of the rapid and alarming rise in autism diagnoses among American children—setting a firm deadline to release the information before the end of April.
Kennedy, a longtime advocate for public health transparency and medical accountability, made the announcement during a recent event in Texas. He stated that the American people deserve answers and that his department is prepared to deliver them, despite years of bureaucratic stonewalling and industry influence.
“Before the end of this month, we’re going to tell the American people what’s really driving the autism epidemic in this country,” Kennedy said. “The data is there. The science is there. It’s time to stop the cover-up.”
Autism rates in the United States have skyrocketed over the past several decades—from roughly 1 in 10,000 children in the 1970s to approximately 1 in 36 today. Kennedy insists that such a dramatic increase cannot be chalked up to better diagnostics or broader definitions alone. He believes there is a deeper cause, one that has been ignored—or actively suppressed—by public health officials, pharmaceutical companies, and corporate media.
While Secretary Kennedy has not yet specified the precise source he plans to expose, many anticipate the upcoming report will focus on vaccine ingredients, environmental toxins, or industrial chemical exposures that have not received adequate scrutiny due to regulatory capture and special interest lobbying.
“The same corporations that profit from our healthcare system are the ones influencing the policies that are supposed to protect us,” Kennedy warned. “For decades, they’ve used their power to suppress legitimate scientific inquiry. That ends now.”
As head of HHS, Kennedy has prioritized restoring integrity, transparency, and public trust in America’s health institutions. He has already launched multiple reviews into longstanding federal health practices and vowed to reform the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), both of which he accuses of putting corporate interests ahead of public health.
Parents of children with autism, particularly those who’ve felt dismissed by previous administrations, are welcoming the news with hope and cautious optimism. Many have spent years searching for answers—and watching their concerns ignored or ridiculed by the mainstream medical establishment.
Kennedy’s opponents have already begun trying to discredit the forthcoming findings, dismissing his efforts as unscientific or politically motivated. But Kennedy has made it clear: his work at HHS is not about politics—it’s about protecting children, restoring truth, and demanding accountability.
As the end-of-month deadline approaches, Americans across the political spectrum will be watching closely. If Kennedy delivers on his promise, it could spark one of the most consequential public health debates in modern history—and begin a long-overdue reckoning inside the institutions that failed to ask the hard questions for far too long.
? BREAKING: HHS Secretary @RobertKennedyJr declares that by September, the United States will uncover the cause of the autism epidemic and eliminate exposures:@POTUS: “Think of that, so it was 1 in 10,000 children had autism, and now it’s 1 in 31.” pic.twitter.com/Y81wxzOfF1
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) April 10, 2025
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