Thanks in part to federal funding for newborn hearing screening, about 98% of newborns are screened for hearing loss before ...

A small study suggests that gut imbalances may explain why some autistic children experience changes in brain function and behavior.

A CDC report analyzing data from 16 U.S. sites, including Maryland, found that autism now affects 1 in 31 eight-year-olds nationwide.

The team behind CDC's U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (MEC) was another casualty in the mass layoffs ...

One out of 31 children — more than 3% of kids — have been identified with autism, according to the latest results published ...

For the first time in U.S. history, more babies are being born to women over 40 than to teenagers. That’s according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control ...