Doctors and public health specialists say they view the administration's actions, such as firings or questioning established research, as an "attack" on science.

With a May 24 deadline looming, Kennedy's MAHA commission has held just one full meeting on its goal of reducing childhood ...

Brooke Littlefield’s son Jack is full of energy Monday in their backyard in Spokane Valley, typical for children diagnosed with autism. Littlefield feels that remarks by Health and Human Services ...

“This is not an epidemic,” Dr. Sara Swoboda, an expert with the American Academy of Pediatrics, told NPR. “This is just us doing a better job of identifying autistic children that have existed before.

A recent comment by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sparked massive debate online ...

Those for and against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments on autism are still reacting and speaking out two weeks later. RFK Jr. spoke at a press conference on April 16 ...

Scientific studies have shown that children with autism are five times more likely to face mealtime challenges.

As the specialists explained, my brain just wasn’t wired the same way as those of my neurotypical peers — a simple fact of ...

Education Secretary McMahon visited Arizona Autism Charter Schools, praised the program, and discussed education plans.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made comments about autism rates in America, stating that people with autism will never hold a job, which is not supported by evidence, as people with autism are employable ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jill Escher, president of the National Council on Severe Autism, about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's remarks this month on autism.

The US government’s proposal for a vast health database to study autism could improve our understanding of the condition – ...