NIH to collect private health records from pharmacies and wearables for autism research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is launching a plan to collect private health records from sources like pharmacies, hospitals, and wearable devices (smartwatches) as part of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s initiative to find a cause and cure for autism. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya announced the plan to a panel of experts, describing it as a data platform that will pool information from various private sources to support autism research.
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