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Autism should not be viewed as a single condition with a unified underlying cause, according to scientists who found that those diagnosed early in childhood typically…

You have full access to this article via your institution. Download the September 2025 long read podcastIn April, Robert F. Kennedy Jr held a press conference…

September 26, 20254 min readNIH Funds New Autism Studies on Genes and Environment as Trump Focuses on TylenolThe National Institutes of Health is investing $50 million…

Autism research funded by a new US initiative includes study of environmental exposures during pregnancy. Credit: Diana Bagnoli/GettyScientists moved a step closer to understanding the complex…

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.…

This week the Trump administration linked paracetamol use in pregnancy to autism (Trump attacks Tylenol as officials unveil highly contentious conclusions on autism, 22 September). We…

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…

Global health agencies and regulators have dismissed unscientific advice from Donald Trump, who made an unproven link between autism and the use of everyday painkillers and…

According to Martin Makary, head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the drug leucovorin will help “hundreds of thousands of kids” with autism. But…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is pushing back against contested claims by the Trump administration that acetaminophen use during pregnancy heightens the risk of autism, further…