The U.S. federal health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made several debated claims about autism prevalence, including ...

Autism diagnoses have increased dramatically, with 1 in 36 children now affected. Explore the real reasons behind this surge ...

Public health is worsening, autism rates are rising — and so are incident conspiracy theories, including claims that the root ...

Genes don’t cause epidemics. You need an environmental toxin,” Kennedy said in April when announcing his department’s new ...

A longtime vaccine critic hired by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reviewing safety data in an effort to revisit ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. painted a bleak picture of people with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, that was especially hurtful to ...

"Patience," an ingratiating episodic series on PBS beginning Sunday, follows a neurodivergent clerk played by Ella Maisy ...

Roth said many agree that more research is needed to determine what causes autism ... expressed concerns about rising autism diagnoses rates. Some of that increase is due to increased awareness ...

RFK Jr is long known for his anti-vaccine stance and the belief that it causes autism. After he fired the vaccine advising committee, he has now hired a known vaccine skeptic and autism critic to look ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for ...

American life expectancy in 1960 was almost ten years shorter than it is today. And the leading causes of death were chronic diseases. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. frequently tells a different story.

Revelations around abuse at a San Antonio group home have parents worried and advocates reflecting on years of issues in ...