RFK Jr. doubles down on his promise for an answer to autism.

Measel spreads to more states, and U.S. health policy turns to Europe for ideas.

This is America Dissected. I'm your host, Dr. Abdull-Al-Sal-Aid.

And I'm your co-host, Dr. Caitlin, Jadalina.

And we're recording this on Tuesday, April 22nd at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.

Caitlin, first of all, before we jump in, how are you? How is sunny San Diego?

It's sunny, and it is beautiful here. We're doing good. I think it's

pretty beautiful across the nation right now, no? It is. It's lovely. But as we discussed last week,

our lovely spring also comes with like a nose full of pollen. So there's that. But I'll take it.

Ticks, right? Yeah, probably ticks, too. Probably ticks.

I, you know, there's that whole, we have to check our kids every time they go play outside in the

grass because this is the first time they can play in the grass for like six months. But, you know,

yeah, yeah. Okay, keep rubbing it in. All right. On that note, let's start with one of the hottest

stories in health this week.

RFK ignited quite the firestorm.

Here he was last week at his first official press briefing as HHS Secretary.

Autism destroys families.

More importantly, it destroys our greatest resource, which are our children.

And these are kids who will never pay taxes

they'll never hold a job they'll never play baseball they'll never write a poem they'll never go out on a

date many of them will never use a toilet unassisted. So first, autism is a really, really, really challenging condition for children and families across the country.

That said, there's a reason we call it a spectrum, right?

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