WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump's administration announced it would repurpose an old, generic drug as a new treatment for autism, it came as a surprise to many experts — including the ...

Swathi Balantrapu has been searching for a treatment for her 10-year-old son with autism. She first tried applied behavior analysis therapy, or ABA therapy — an evidence-based approach. She later ...

Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed the language on a vaccine safety webpage, appearing to legitimize the long-disproven link between childhood vaccines and autism.

Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, listen as President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt ...

It's too early to tell if the new guidance will dampen interest in the drug among families of children with autism, but many doctors expect demand to persist. The damage to public perception has ...