You may not know it, but it is very likely that you know someone with autism. Over 5 million adults in the U.S. are estimated ...

The CDC is preparing to study whether vaccines are linked to autism, despite overwhelming scientific evidence showing no connection.

The idea that vaccines cause autism stems from a now-retracted 1998 study that falsely linked the MMR vaccine to autism. Its lead author, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, was later barred from practicing ...

Let's dig into how signs of autism can appear in babies, what they are, and what supports are available for autistic children ...

stems from a since-debunked study from British researcher Andrew Wakefield in the late 1990s. The researcher, whose credentials have since been revoked, connected a rise in autism diagnoses with ...

Trump has promised that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the country's health secretary, will "figure out what is going on." ...

Decades of scientific evidence haven’t found a link between autism and vaccines, but that doesn’t appear to stop the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from reportedly planning to ...

“As an example, not long ago, and you can’t even believe these numbers, 1 in 10,000 children have autism. One in 10,000. And now it’s 1 in 36. There’s something wrong. One in 36.” ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study vaccines and autism, a person familiar with the situation told CNN, despite strong ...