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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Autism rates are 'more or less equal for men and women', according to a study which challenges previous assumptions about its prevalence. While the neurological and developmental ⁠condition is known ...

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 ...

New research challenged the longstanding belief that autism is much more common in males versus females. In a Swedish study of 2.7 million people, male-to-female ratios in autism diagnoses were nearly ...

Females may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood, according to a large-scale study. Research led by the Karolinska ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Chinyere Ubani, ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, boys are about three times more likely to be diagnosed as autistic than girls are. Scientists have sought an answer as to why that ...

I scroll through the news on my phone, hands shaking as I read. I’m oscillating between grief and rage. Two autistic children, Leon and Otis Clune, are dead. Evidence suggests their parents killed ...