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RFK Jr. seeks to peek at Americans’ medical records for clues on autism and vaccines | CNN
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- Kennedy's team seeks federal access to Americans’ medical records to study vaccines and autism, using state health information exchanges as data sources.
- Kennedy says medical records are key to researching the cause of autism, vaccine safety, and chronic diseases.
- Public health leaders express concerns about legal feasibility and privacy when sharing identifiable medical data for Kennedy’s research.
- Some states, like Maryland and Nebraska, were contacted about expanding data sharing for Kennedy’s project.
- CyncHealth and Nebraska officials are linked to funding flows intended to support Kennedy’s vaccine research initiative.
- Officials emphasize the project is framed as a proof-of-concept for data-sharing and public health collaboration, not a new database.
- HHS officials say the aim is to strengthen public health surveillance and modernize data systems as part of the Make America Healthy Again agenda.
- Kennedy’s advisers have discussed 90% population data access by 2028 as part of a federated data model.
- The project’s supporters say it could enhance monitoring of vaccine safety and chronic disease trends.
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