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When the US president stood up at the podium and announced a link between autism and paracetamol, he sent alarm through the medical community and the…

The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has long been consumed by the neurological condition autism – what causes it, and whether there’s a treatment.…

In a televised press conference on Monday, Donald Trump and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr made a series of unproven claims about autism and its…

A trial is under way to find out if a £100 blood test could transform the way that the NHS diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is the…

Shabana Mahmood is now the first Muslim woman in one of the great offices of state. As the new home secretary she will be in charge…

In the UK, it’s estimated that 1.5 million people are on weight loss jabs.For many, as the Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, explains, they have proved…

‘I remember the stories of the resistance fighters that went against the British army back then … even if that’s the history, even if that is…

The murder of political activist Charlie Kirk has prompted fears about rising levels of political violence in the US after a number of high-profile assassinations and…

At a recent ceremony for world leaders in Beijing, a hot mic picked up a surprising exchange between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping about the possibility…

The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen for the third year in a row – a trend mirrored across the world, with two-thirds of…