Kennedy Promises Answers From Vaccine-Autism Study by September

The US government plans to have results from a study on whether there is a link between vaccines and autism by September, despite extensive research showing there’s no connection.

“We’ve launched a massive testing and research effort that’s going to involve hundreds of scientists from around the world,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, said at a televised White House cabinet meeting on Thursday. “By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we’ll be able to eliminate those exposures.”

Kennedy has long promoted the idea that vaccines cause autism, a debunked theory that stems ...