An antivaccine activist recently hired by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has started hunting for proof that federal ...

His idea evokes the danger posed historically by officials who view people who are mentally ill or physically disabled as a ...

A new twin study published in Translational Psychiatry suggests that the sensory sensitivities often seen in autistic ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s stark comments about children with autism have splintered a community of ...

Notorious anti-vaccine advocate David Geier has begun working at the US Department of Health and Human Services and is ...

Kennedy, who has for years promoted the discredited claim that vaccines cause autism, didn't mention childhood shots when announcing the study. But he proclaimed his certainty that an "environ­mental ...

President Donald Trump's commission to "Make America Healthy Again," led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

The National Institutes of Health is soliciting proposals for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s autism data project, ...

Here is a look at autism. Autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) incorporates a group of neurodevelopmental disorders causing impaired communication skills and social skills. ASD generally starts ...

In conclusion, the study shows a clear connection between autism and a higher risk of early-onset Parkinson’s disease. While ...

President Trump said Thursday that autism must not occur naturally, citing figures inflating the spike in autism and suggesting the administration’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) ...