Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said in a Senate hearing Tuesday that he has not seen any studies supporting the theory that any vaccines cause autism, a break ...

The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause the disorder. By Azeen Ghorayshi Health ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reshaped a key federal autism advisory board, appointing members who have echoed his controversial views, including promoting debunked claims linking ...

Leucovorin (Wellcovorin), a drug used to treat cerebral folate deficiency, will be used off-label for autism without evidence, doctors warned. "There is no substantive evidence that cerebral folate ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday remade a federal panel that guides national autism policy, naming a new slate of 21 members that includes some ...

A new analysis of dozens of peer-reviewed medical studies found no link between the use of Tylenol in pregnancy and diagnoses of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities in children. The research, ...

Mattel Inc. is introducing a Barbie with autism Monday as the newest member of its line intended to celebrate diversity, joining a collection that already includes Barbies with Down syndrome, a blind ...

For many years, autism has been identified as a spectrum with differing levels of ability. New research suggests that the age when symptoms first appear may help anticipate the specific traits, ...

Myths about autism abound. Here, experts explain what’s fact and what’s fiction when it comes to the condition. Plus, what it means to be neurodivergent in this way. Myth 1: Autism is a mental ...

Decades of research into autism has revealed this much: There is no simple answer for what causes the condition. In each person with autism, genes and their environment combined in a unique way, ...