{
  "id": 3969627,
  "title": "‘So much fringe science’: RFK Jr’s advisers are pushing an extreme makeover in autism research",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/so-much-fringe-science-rfk-jrs-advisers-are-pushing-an-extreme-3969627",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-28T12:00:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/28/rfk-jr-autism-research"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Experts warn the 336-page plan from RFK Jr’s advisers deflects federal dollars into unreliable alternative therapies Autism groups and researchers have reacted with alarm to a federal research roadmap drawn up by advisers handpicked by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, fearing it will promote unproven fringe therapies at the expense of promising genetic research. A slew of scientific…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}