Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder, is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how people communicate, behave ...

Kennedy Jr.'s new effort to study autism, the NIH's top official said Monday. The new data will allow external researchers picked for Kennedy's autism studies to study "comprehensive" patient data ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the agency is planning to study what causes autism and release results in September.

According to a new CDC report, in 2022, one in 31 children were diagnosed with autism by age 8 in the U.S., an uptick from ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a new interview, said autism was an epidemic with an impact that surpasses the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is an epidemic. It dwarfs ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. − who has long spread debunked claims surrounding autism and vaccines − suggested compensating families of some Americans with autism ...

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, ...

Members of the autism community are pushing back against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pledge to find the cause for autism by September, calling the plan harmful.

Scientists found a genetic link between autism and DM1, where repeat DNA sequences disrupt brain gene splicing. This sheds ...

Parents and advocates say his recent comments were misguided. Parents of children with autism are speaking out against recent comments made by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

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

Kennedy Jr. to meet. Singer’s brother and daughter are two of the millions living with autism in the United States, and part of a much larger community that has very publicly expressed feeling ...