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On 16 April, Robert F. Kennedy Jr held a press conference about rising diagnoses of autism. The US Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary pointed to new data showing that autism prevalence in the ...

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the autism diagnosis rate has increased among U.S. children, continuing a long-term trend that experts have largely ...

While autism experts claim that the rise in cases stems from greater awareness and improved diagnostic testing, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shut down ...

One in 31 U.S. children age 8 or younger are now diagnosed with autism, according to a study the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Tuesday. The big picture: Autism diagnoses are ...

ATLANTA (AP) — An estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, marking another jump in a long string of increases. The CDC’s data ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dr. Allen Frances, about his piece in the New York Times titled, "Autism Rates have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That." There was a New York Times headline ...

Private equity investors appeared more likely to enter states with a higher autism prevalence and more generous state autism ...

Recently, there has been increasing awareness about autism diagnoses and their complexity. At the same time, the United States federal health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made several debated ...