A small increase in the autism rate suggests diagnosis and access to care are improving, researchers say — and don't herald a ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the unusual step of publicly contradicting one of his own agencies' autism studies ...

Experts attribute the increase in autism diagnoses to broader definitions and improved detection methods, alongside potential ...

RFK Jr. has promised to find the "cause" of the "autism epidemic" by September. Many people in the autism community are ...

Longtime autism researcher and clinical psychologist Walter Zahorodny is one of the experts advising Department of Health and ...

The estimated rate of autism in the United States rose in 2022, a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday, a trend the authors attributed to improved ...

Experts attribute the increase in autism diagnoses to broader definitions and improved detection methods, alongside potential ...

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

To estimate how common autism is, the CDC checked health and school records for 8-year-olds, because most cases are diagnosed by that age. Other researchers have their own estimates, but experts say ...

Housing and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will address reporters Wednesday morning with remarks focused on ...

As the Texas measles outbreak continues, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the disease "should not" kill healthy children. A Utah ...