Scientists who have dedicated their careers to studying autism remain highly skeptical that a definitive answer to what ...

The HHS secretary’s statements about the prevalence of autism and its causes contradict current scientific consensus.

We already know a lot about the disorder and why its prevalence has increased.

Autism researchers are facing massive cuts to federal funding, misinformation about the condition they study and worrisome ...

The work RFK Jr. promises to complete by September does nothing to help autistic individuals and their families.

Kennedy and the Trump administration have a long history of promoting misinformation about vaccines and autism — a link that ...

Autism, an umbrella term for a spectrum of developmental disorders that can look vastly different from one person to the next ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the department will shift its research into autism toward potential environmental causes, though he declined to ...

Let's presume for argument's sake that the Trump administration and its chief flunky at the Department of Health and Human Services are actually serious about identifying a definitive cause of autism ...

A Nottingham man has set out to complete the unique task of running a marathon backwards to raise awareness and funds for an ...

The divide shows how Kennedy’s search for autism’s source — he’s pledged to have some answers by September — has inflamed a long-simmering debate among people who advocate for those with ...

NIH Director Dr Jay Bhattacharya announced plans for centralizing and expanding the NIH's access to patient data.