(NewsNation) — U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s response to the country’s measles outbreak and compared the figures to ...

Even a few years ago, autism was a taboo subject to talk about. However, with the passing of each year, people are becoming more aware of the condition and that is bringing a positive change. Autism ...

Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, has been a topic in the news a lot recently, yet the complex neurological condition remains widely misunderstood. Autism is a difference in how someone’s brain ...

When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the government’s new autism findings this month, he painted a grim and highly controversial picture: Not only was autism ...

Is the government studying autism? Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last month launched a "massive testing and re­search effort" that he says by September will reveal the mystery of what causes ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned that children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism at an “alarming rate,” promising on Wednesday to conduct exhaustive studies to ...

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

This report is based on a recent in-depth article by the BBC, which examined how modern genetics is transforming scientific understanding of autism and reigniting debates within the autistic community ...