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 autism.

The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced the appointment of 21 new members to a federal committee that advises health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on autism.

Decades of research into autism has revealed this much: There is no simple answer for what causes the condition. In each person with autism, genes and their environment combined in a unique way, ...

A model of a DNA molecule is displayed in the New York office of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in 1962. (Anthony Camerano / Associated Press) Earlier this year, Health and Human ...

In the late 1990s, a theory gripped parents around the world: What if childhood vaccines — particularly the combined measles-mumps-rubella vaccine — cause autism? Nearly three decades later, the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." HEALTH SECRETARY ROBERT F. Kennedy Jr.’s previous go-to scapegoat for autism was vaccines. Now, it’s ...

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 ...

The research supports prior findings on environmental risk factors for autism.

“Don’t take Tylenol. Don’t take it. Fight like hell not to take it.” That was the message from President Donald Trump when he ...