Autism spectrum disorder diagnoses have reportedly been 'on the rise' since the 1990s, and a doctor has revealed why that ...

With autism rates rising dramatically since the ’90s, questions swirl about its causes and characteristics. Contrary to myths ...

Autism spectrum disorder is now diagnosed in about 1 in 31 children in the United States, based on a regional study the ...

The United States is in the midst of the second-highest year of measles cases since 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated in this country, meaning that cases within the United States ...

Charities said it was unacceptable that the equivalent of the population of Luton or Portsmouth was now experiencing a ...

To tell the story you want with statistics, you don’t have to lie or fabricate data — though that happens, too. More often, ...

Misinformation persists in news and social media about autism spectrum disorder, but UTSW researchers believe answers lie in genetic and environmental factors.

Autism is a difference in how someone’s brain works that shapes how they interact with the world. Clinically, it’s a disorder that affects brain development and causes social communication and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For many experts, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s promise for “pulling back the curtain” to find autism's causes in a few months is jarring — and unrealistic.

As access to accurate screening improves, more cases emerge accordingly ... the MMR shot did not increase the odds of a child being diagnosed with autism. One reason for the persistence of ...