NIH autism study will pull from private medical records

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya (right), accompanied by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (left) and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary (center), speaks during a news conference Tuesday at the Health and Human Services Department on in Washington, D.C.

The National Institutes of Health plans to pool information from private sources like pharmacies and smartwatches.

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