Kennedy Jr., America’s top health official under U.S. President Donald Trump, has vowed to solve what he calls an “autism ...

In announcing new autism prevalence data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human Services ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. insists an environmental toxin is responsible for increased autism prevalence in the U.S. "This is a preventable disease," he said April ...

Eric Fombonne, an Oregon Health & Science University professor emeritus of psychiatry, said he doesn’t know how researchers would begin to investigate the "environmental toxins" Kennedy mentioned, ...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned that children in the United States are ...

Over the years, autism’s definition and diagnosis has changed. In the 1950s and 1960s, “it is very likely that many people with profound autism were misdiagnosed with ‘mental retardation ...

Scientists say the rise in youth diagnosed with autism is mostly due to loosening of the definition for autism, not environmental 'toxins' You can save this article by registering for free here.

Autism cases spiked 175% among U.S. residents from 2011 to 2022. The rates climbed at a faster rate among young adults.

Child diagnoses are rising; however, due to changing definitions, systems, and expectations, it is not an epidemic of illness ...