Autism diagnoses are continuing to increase in the U.S., now affecting one in 31 children, according to a new CDC report ...

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Newly released federal statistics show an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, marking another jump in a long string ...

While the agency stressed that increased screening was most likely behind much of the increase, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called it an “epidemic.” ...

RFK Jr. has promised to find the "cause" of autism by September to solve the "autism epidemic." Many autistic people are offended by his rhetoric.

About 1 in 31 children who were 8 years old had autism that year, federal data show.

The finding, based on an analysis of medical records from 2022, reflects a dramatic rise in autism over the past two decades.

The rate of autism in a group of 8-year-olds in the US rose from 2.76 percent (1 in 36) in 2020 to 3.22 percent (1 in 31) in ...

A new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the autism diagnosis rate has increased among US children, continuing a long-term trend that experts have largely ...

Autism rates in the United States have reached a record high, with about one in 31 children (3.2%) identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a report released by the Centers for ...

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Rates of autism spectrum disorder among U.S. children reached a record level in 2022, continuing a ...

Signs of autism may be detectable as early as 9 months of age, well before the typical diagnosis window of 3 to 5 years.