Tag: Autism
RFK, Jr., Cites ‘Truly Appalling’ Studies to Tie Autism to Circumcision...
October 9, 20253 min readRFK, Jr., Says Tylenol Use for Circumcision Causes Autism. Here’s Why That Claim Is FlawedStudies suggesting circumcision rates are...
NIH Funds New Autism Studies on Genes and Environment as Trump...
September 26, 20254 min readNIH Funds New Autism Studies on Genes and Environment as Trump Focuses on TylenolThe National Institutes of Health is...
What Is Leucovorin, the Unproven Autism Drug Backed by Trump Officials?
According to Martin Makary, head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the drug leucovorin will help “hundreds of thousands of kids”...
Fact-checking three claims Trump made about autism
Matt Murphy, Kayleen Devlin and Lucy GilderBBC Verify Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump has attracted condemnation from health experts, after he...
Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows
The Trump administration today plans to link rising rates of autism spectrum disorder to the use of Tylenol (a brand name of acetaminophen)...
Trump will reportedly link autism to Tylenol
Trump officials are expected to link the use of pain reliever Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, according to US media reports. At...
Autism Has No Single Cause, Research Shows
Soon after psychiatrist Leo Kanner first identified autism in the 1940s, he and his colleagues proposed a simple explanation for its cause: mothers’...
Four New Autism Subtypes Link Genes to Children’s Traits
Researchers Identify Four Autism Subtypes with Distinct Genes and TraitsAutism has at least four subtypes, an analysis of more than 5,000 children’s genes,...
RFK, Jr. Is Completely Wrong about Autism, Say Scientists and Parents
Scientific research over the past 30 years has revealed a patchwork of potential causes of autism. Most of them are genetic—the condition is...
The Real Reason Autism Rates Are Rising
RFK, Jr. Is Wrong about Cause of Rising Autism Rates, Scientists SayAutism rates are rising, but RFK, Jr. is wrong about the reasons....
