Erin McCanlies was listening to the radio one morning in April when she heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promising to find the ...

A special court ruled Thursday that evidence presented in three cases by parents of children with autism did not prove a link between autism and certain early childhood vaccines. The ruling came from ...

Autism spectrum disorder is a complex neurodevelopmental condition that affects how individuals communicate, behave and ...

The CDC report shows that ASD affects 1 in 31 children (32.2 per 1000), up from 1 in 36 in 2020 and 1 in 150 in 2000. ASD continues to be more common in boys than girls (ratio 3.4:1).

A large new study published in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health provides evidence that exposure ...

Autism The Cause of Autism Will Soon Be Known, or Will It? Unscientific assertions about autism's causes will do more harm than good. Posted June 30, 2025 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised "a massive testing and research effort" to determine what he says ...

But exactly what causes autism is not yet clear. What do we know? Scientists say the primary cause of autism is genetic, with environmental factors play­ing a secondary role.

Obesity before pregnancy, not just during, may shape a child’s brain and raise the risk of autism spectrum disorder, a new ...