This recently released study could help researchers to better understand the causes of autism in children.

When a high-profile entrepreneur blames "too many vaccines" for a rise in autism, the headlines spread faster than the facts. Such a kind of claim doesn't only tap a deep parental fear, but it also ...

The National Institutes of Health announced an initiative to study Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) utilizing data science. While pouring money into ASD research seems like a fine idea, the initiative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A model of a DNA molecule is displayed in the New York office of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in 1962.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The long-debunked theory that childhood vaccines cause autism has returned to the spotlight, fuelled by the rise of prominent anti ...

Washington ― A U.S. autism advisory board remade by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to include vaccine skeptics aims ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House announcement Monday — suggesting that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy may contribute to rising autism rates in the U.S. — comes shortly after President Donald Trump ...

WASHINGTON — A White House announcement about autism is expected Monday afternoon after President Donald Trump's weekend comment that “I think we found an answer” to the developmental disorder. Health ...