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 ...

The Trump administration announced late last month "bold actions to tackle the autism epidemic.” President Trump said there was a possible link between acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, ...

Clinicians and researchers continue to address unproven and debunked claims about the origins of autism — most notably that vaccines and prenatal acetaminophen use may increase the risk for the ...

Recent headlines on acetaminophen/paracetamol (Tylenol) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have the public health world and the public reeling. With HHS Secretary ...

This essay examines how recent political intervention has reshaped the CDC’s public messaging on vaccines and autism. In Part 1, I explain why the scientific evidence on this topic has not changed—and ...

President Donald Trump says he has “the answer to autism” and plans to reveal those findings in a highly anticipated report during a Sept. 22 afternoon White House event. The report comes after Health ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Trump at the White House on Monday. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) One day after claiming his administration has “found an answer ...

For followers of medical disinformation, the claim that autism is linked to childhood vaccinations is the reddest of red flags. The issue is among the most intensively studied in the scientific ...