The rapidly increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) makes finding out what causes ASD even more vital. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ASD now ...

A wider public conversation has arisen over whether it's time for a shift in how we think about categories of autism, amid ...

Genetic and clinical data suggest dietary factors may influence autism risk via immune pathways, highlighting the need for ...

A model of a DNA molecule is displayed in the New York office of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in 1962. (Anthony Camerano / Associated Press) Earlier this year, Health and Human ...

When a high-profile entrepreneur blames "too many vaccines" for a rise in autism, the headlines spread faster than the facts. Such a kind of claim doesn't only tap a deep parental fear, but it also ...

As autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a range of complex neurodevelopment disorders and because of the elusive pathophysiology ...

WASHINGTON — A White House announcement about autism is expected Monday afternoon after President Donald Trump's weekend comment that “I think we found an answer” to the developmental disorder. Health ...

It’s easy to think that there is one clear cause that explains the recent increase in recorded cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). But the answer is more complex. Our knowledge of this illness, ...