Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — but often without a full explanation of how we know ...

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order creating the "Make America Healthy Again" Commission, Fox News ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has questioned why autism rates have been rising over the last several years. Experts say he's missing nuance in these conversations.

For years, studies have suggested that a mother’s health during pregnancy could influence her child’s likelihood of ...

Too often, ADHD and autism coincide in children. New research finds that for many of those kids, this dual diagnosis ...

Building a much better scientific enterprise means embracing the idea of collaboration across all aspects of neurodiversity,” ...

The president said the country "needs" Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — who has falsely claimed connections between autism and ...

Scientists have long tried to pinpoint the exact causes of autism. Researchers from NYU Langone Health explored maternal illness during pregnancy. rh2010 - stock.adobe.com Despite decades of ...

Advertisement "Our study shows that there is no convincing evidence that any of these other diagnoses in the mother can cause ...

A recent study (published in Nature Medicine in January 2025) of 1.1 million pregnancies found no convincing evidence that maternal infections or health issues during pregnancy cause autism ...

"Our study shows that there is no convincing evidence that any of these other diagnoses in the mother can cause autism," said study senior author Magdalena Janecka, PhD, an associate professor in the ...

Advocates worry that as HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could undermine years of work to unlink autism and vaccines and divert precious research dollars to a discredited theory.