• A conversation with Temple Grandin, world-renowned animal scientist and autism advocate

    A conversation with Temple Grandin, world-renowned animal scientist and autism advocate

    Dec 20, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    Four new portraits have gone up at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, showcasing this year’s recipients of the Portrait of a Nation award for their transformative contributions to American history and culture. One of them is Temple Grandin, who has transformed animal welfare around the world and affected public perception of autism. John Yang speaks...

  • CDC 'vaccine safety' webpage changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism

    CDC 'vaccine safety' webpage changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism

    Nov 20, 2025 06:23 PM EST

    ... but in February said Kennedy had pledged — among other things — not to remove language from the CDC website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism. The new site continues to have a headline that says “Vaccines do not cause autism,” but HHS officials put an asterisk next to it ...

  • Lawsuit by Trump ally Paxton asserts unproven claim of autism risk from acetaminophen

    Lawsuit by Trump ally Paxton asserts unproven claim of autism risk from acetaminophen

    Oct 28, 2025 07:41 PM EST

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday accused the companies behind Tylenol of deceptively marketing the pain reliever to pregnant mothers in a lawsuit that asserted unproven claims that early exposure to acetaminophen increased risk of autism and other disorders. Paxton, an ally of President Donald Trump and a Republican ...

  • Reupping unproven claims about Tylenol, Kennedy claims a link between circumcision and autism

    Reupping unproven claims about Tylenol, Kennedy claims a link between circumcision and autism

    Oct 10, 2025 06:51 PM EST

    ... with Trump in the White House as the president used his office to promote unproven and, in some cases, discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism.Kennedy also said Thursday that infant boys who are circumcised have double the rate of autism because they are given Tylenol after the procedure ...

  • Doctor challenges Trump administration's claims about acetaminophen and autism

    Doctor challenges Trump administration's claims about acetaminophen and autism

    Sep 25, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    ... to help make that decision. Amna Nawaz: We also heard the health secretary, Kennedy, announce that his agency is closely examining links between vaccines and autism. And he's said before that this kind of research has been actively suppressed in the past. Can I get your take on that ...

  • Autism advocate calls Trump's statements on the condition 'stigmatizing'

    Autism advocate calls Trump's statements on the condition 'stigmatizing'

    Sep 25, 2025 10:30 PM EST

    ... age. You have lived your whole life knowing the kind of impact that these conversations unfolding at the national level can have on people with autism and their families. What do you want people to understand about autism and the autistic community right now? Zoe Gross: Autism isn't going ...

  • What to know about leucovorin, unproven autism drug touted by Trump

    What to know about leucovorin, unproven autism drug touted by Trump

    Sep 24, 2025 08:13 PM EST

    ... groups for parents of children with autism. Brian Noonan, of Phoenix, found out about the drug earlier this year after asking ChatGPT for the best autism drug options for his 4-year-old son. The FDA has never approved any drug for the underlying causes of autism, but the chatbot ...

  • WHO urges caution on autism and acetaminophen claims, saying several studies 'found no such relationship'

    WHO urges caution on autism and acetaminophen claims, saying several studies 'found no such relationship'

    Sep 23, 2025 03:09 PM EST

    ... autism to acetaminophen WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic noted “some observational studies” that have suggested a possible association between prenatal exposure to acetaminophen, or paracetamol, and autism, “but evidence remains inconsistent.” Several studies conducted afterward have “found no such relationship,” he said. “If the link between acetaminophen and autism were strong ...

  • Health experts respond to Trump's claims linking autism to acetaminophen

    Health experts respond to Trump's claims linking autism to acetaminophen

    Sep 22, 2025 10:55 PM EST

    Dr. Alycia Hallady: Vaccines have actually been the number one most studied environmental factor in the causes of autism. It has been studied dozens of times across the world in different populations. And there has been no credible evidence to link vaccine administration to autism in different subgroups of people ...

  • NIH director says millions will be spent to 'turbocharge' autism research

    NIH director says millions will be spent to 'turbocharge' autism research

    Sep 22, 2025 10:20 PM EST

    ... if the parent shows no signs of autism. More on what we know about autism from our coverage: Trump administration suggests acetaminophen during pregnancy causes autism. Experts say a link between the two is unproven Research doesn’t show using Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Here are 5 things to ...