• Trump's new surgeon general nominee has both praised and criticized his administration

    Trump's new surgeon general nominee has both praised and criticized his administration

    May 02, 2026 06:24 PM EDT

    ... to the AP last year, Saphier said Trump's advice to pregnant women not to take Tylenol, which promoted unproven ties between the medication and autism, was overly simplistic. She said equally important, and missing from Trump's message, was the fact that untreated fever or severe pain can also ...

  • Trump pulls Casey Means' stalled surgeon general nomination, picks Nicole Saphier instead

    Trump pulls Casey Means' stalled surgeon general nomination, picks Nicole Saphier instead

    Apr 30, 2026 08:00 PM EDT

    ... messaging. Last year, as Trump advised pregnant women, “Don’t take Tylenol” — promoting unproven and in some cases discredited ties between the medication, vaccines and autism — Saphier said that while pregnant women generally are advised to take acetaminophen only under medical supervision, when necessary and at the lowest effective dose ...

  • Federal agents serve search warrants in Minnesota fraud probe

    Federal agents serve search warrants in Minnesota fraud probe

    Apr 28, 2026 05:32 PM EDT

    ... centers, said the names of targeted businesses that were shared with him show they're operated by Somali immigrants. “A few childcare centers, a few autism centers, a few healthcare agencies of some type," Steck said, adding that it appeared to be a "particular sweep for fraud.” Right-wing influencer ...

  • April 27, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode

    April 27, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Apr 28, 2026 12:03 AM EDT

    ... White House Correspondents' Dinner is charged with trying to assassinate the president. What we know about the Secret Service planning and response. Iran offers to open the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. ends its blockade. Plus, Judy Woodruff reports on a controversial push to divide the autism spectrum.

  • A Nebraska hospital in peril shows how a Republican-led rural health fund is coming up short

    A Nebraska hospital in peril shows how a Republican-led rural health fund is coming up short

    Apr 03, 2026 07:24 PM EDT

    CREIGHTON, Neb. (AP) — Rick and Jane Saint John chose to live in the small town of Creighton, Nebraska, for one main reason: its hospital. The couple has a child with nonverbal autism and epilepsy who requires up to three hospital visits a week. And Creighton's critical access hospital has ...

  • Texas high school student shoots teacher before fatally shooting himself, authorities say

    Texas high school student shoots teacher before fatally shooting himself, authorities say

    Mar 30, 2026 09:48 PM EDT

    ... told KSAT-TV that it will be difficult to tell his daughter that she has to eventually go back to class.“For one, she has autism, and she’ll be afraid to go back, she’ll be real afraid to go back,” Lopez said. The high school, which is part ...

  • News Wrap: Georgia holds special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

    News Wrap: Georgia holds special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

    Mar 10, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... B, to the brain. But an FDA official said the agency does not yet have enough evidence to show the drug works more broadly for autism. Alabama's governor has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate just days before he was scheduled to die by nitrogen ...

  • Trump administration halts Minnesota Medicaid funds over fraud allegations

    Trump administration halts Minnesota Medicaid funds over fraud allegations

    Feb 26, 2026 11:45 PM EDT

    Geoff Bennett: So who's affected by these cuts, Matt? Matt Sepic: Primarily people who rely on 14 programs that had been flagged previously as being susceptible to fraud. These include autism services for children, a housing stabilization program that Governor Walz in fact shut down last year because there ...

  • Surgeon general nominee faces scrutiny over qualifications and views on vaccines

    Surgeon general nominee faces scrutiny over qualifications and views on vaccines

    Feb 25, 2026 11:45 PM EDT

    ... pressed by some from the president's own party. Right off the bat, Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, who's also a doctor, grilled Means on her past statements incorrectly linking vaccines to autism. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA): Do you believe that vaccines, whether individually or collectively, contribute to autism?

  • WATCH: Dr. Casey Means testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for surgeon general

    WATCH: Dr. Casey Means testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for surgeon general

    Feb 25, 2026 02:34 PM EDT

    “I do accept that evidence,” she said, referring to the research. “I also think that science is never settled.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh1esZPxFlc Means said she looked forward to seeing the results of a federal effort to study environmental contributors to autism. The National Institutes of ...