Many experts believe the increase is because of a better understanding and the broadening classification of autism.

Anumber of otherwise skeptical senators took at face value the pledge by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Senate hearings in January to “follow the science” on issues related to the causes of disease in the U ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this month that "autism destroys families,” adding that “most cases are now severe” ...

At his first news conference as head of HHS, RFK Jr. said this week that the rising rate of autism in the country is an ...

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When U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently called autism an “individual tragedy” and ...

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Autism advocates, scientists and senators called Kennedy’s assertions unscientific and alarming, with many in the autism ...

An autism science group called out "red flags" this week after the National Institutes of Health appeared to share plans for ...

His remarks came after a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on autism’s prevalence among children that found 1 ...

About 1 in 31 American children aged 8 years were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 2022, reported Xinhua ...