Two reporters wanted to witness firsthand how doctors and families navigate mixed messages and unproven claims. By Gina Kolata and Azeen Ghorayshi Gina Kolata and Azeen Ghorayshi cover science and ...

Last year, Health Secretary Kennedy thrust autism into the national spotlight, calling it an epidemic and vowing to ...

Parents are scrambling to secure a cheap generic cancer drug for their children after the Trump administration touted it as a potential treatment for autism symptoms in the fall. “I can’t even tell ...

Until last week, parents who looked at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website on autism and vaccines would see a few key points: Studies have not found links between vaccines and ...

A significant majority of adults with autism, up to 87%, live with their parents or family members after high school. Aging parents of adults with autism face growing fear and uncertainty about their ...

President Trump is promising a new treatment for autism spectrum disorder: a prescription form of vitamin B9 called leucovorin. But many scientists and medical organizations are skeptical; some ...

Monday’s claim by President Trump that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy is linked to a “very increased risk of autism” left medical and autism communities reeling. While Trump announced that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parents and those trying to conceive are posting TikToks highlighting their own quirks or their partner’s as a tongue-in-cheek way ...