Federal health data reveals that autism spectrum disorder now affects 1 in every 36 children across America, representing a substantial increase from previous estimates of 1 in 44 children just ...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has warned that children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism at an “alarming rate.” He's promising to conduct exhaustive studies that will ...

There was a New York Times headline that caught our eye this week - "Autism Rates Have Increased 60-Fold. I Played A Role In That." It's an opinion piece written by Dr. Allen Frances.

An estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this month, marking another jump in a long string of increases. The CDC's data was from ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dr. Allen Frances, about his piece in the New York Times titled, "Autism Rates have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That." ...