Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The long-debunked theory that childhood vaccines cause autism has returned to the spotlight, fuelled by the rise of prominent anti ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A model of a DNA molecule is displayed in the New York office of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in 1962.

Jenny McCarthy's new book courts controversy with theories on preventing autism. April 1, 2009 — -- Actress Jenny McCarthy, whose son Evan was diagnosed with autism when he was two, has become ...

Vaccines do not cause autism. Many scientists have studied this question, but no credible studies show that autism is caused by vaccines. In 1998, a paper in the scientific journal The Lancet ...

This past week, Dr. Mark Green, M.D., who was recently elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Tennessee declared: “Let me say this about autism, I have committed to people in ...

The National Institutes of Health announced an initiative to study Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) utilizing data science. While pouring money into ASD research seems like a fine idea, the initiative ...

Spoiler alert: Scientists haven’t pinpointed one root cause of autism. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t trying. And studies, like this one, can help medical experts to better understand the intricate ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." HEALTH SECRETARY ROBERT F. Kennedy Jr.’s previous go-to scapegoat for autism was vaccines. Now, it’s ...

A pediatrician explains autism spectrum disorder, including how common it is, early warning signs, possible causes and the ...

Earlier this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that the search for autism’s cause — a question that has kept researchers busy for the better part of six decades — ...