• Recounting heroin addiction and spiritual awakening, RFK Jr. urges focus on prevention and community

    Recounting heroin addiction and spiritual awakening, RFK Jr. urges focus on prevention and community

    Apr 24, 2025 10:15 PM EST

    ... shouting things like, “Believe science!” He has been heavily criticized by scientists and public health experts for pushing fringe theories about diet, vaccines, measles and autism, among other things. One heckler was escorted out of the ballroom with a raised middle finger. Without responding directly to the hecklers, Kennedy said ...

  • April 16, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    April 16, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Apr 16, 2025 11:37 PM EST

    ... News Hour, a federal judge says there’s probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for defying orders to halt deportations to El Salvador. Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program hit a snag. Plus, we examine the science that debunks widespread misconceptions about the cause of autism.

  • News Wrap: Iran's supreme leader downplays chance of deal from nuclear talks with U.S.

    News Wrap: Iran's supreme leader downplays chance of deal from nuclear talks with U.S.

    Apr 15, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... U.S. were "constructive" but wouldn't give a timetable for peace in Ukraine, the CDC says nearly one in 31 U.S. children has autism and Arkansas and Indiana moved to ban soda and candy from food stamp programs. ... William Brangham: In the day's other headlines: Iran's ...

  • News Wrap: Ksenia Karelina released to U.S. in prisoner swap with Russia

    News Wrap: Ksenia Karelina released to U.S. in prisoner swap with Russia

    Apr 10, 2025 10:40 PM EST

    ... able to eliminate those exposures. Amna Nawaz: Kennedy's efforts will build upon decades of research into whether genetic or environmental factors might contribute to autism. He's frequently linked autism with vaccines, which has been debunked by the scientific community. While inflation generally cooled here in the U.S ...

  • How a mouse watching 'The Matrix' helped scientists create the largest map of a brain to date

    How a mouse watching 'The Matrix' helped scientists create the largest map of a brain to date

    Apr 09, 2025 06:39 PM EST

    ... s less known about the networks of neurons that perform certain tasks and how disruptions of that wiring could play a role in Alzheimer's, autism or other disorders. “You can make a thousand hypotheses about how brain cells might do their job but you can’t test those hypotheses ...

  • ICE: 'Administrative error' sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison

    ICE: 'Administrative error' sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison

    Apr 01, 2025 09:51 PM EST

    ... Baltimore on March 12 after working a shift as a sheet metal apprentice in Baltimore and picking up his 5-year-old son, who has autism and other disabilities, from his grandmother’s house, his lawyers' complaint stated. WATCH: White House claims at briefing that deported man with protected legal ...

  • ACLU attorney on suing Trump administration for using wartime authority for deportations

    ACLU attorney on suing Trump administration for using wartime authority for deportations

    Mar 27, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... sister of one man, Neri Alvarado, and she said that her brother has no ties to Tren de Aragua. One of his tattoos is an autism awareness ribbon tattoo in honor of his little brother. And "Mother Jones" reports that ICE told Alvarado that they were finding and questioning everyone ...

  • CDC the latest federal agency to face leadership shakeup and cuts

    CDC the latest federal agency to face leadership shakeup and cuts

    Mar 26, 2025 10:30 PM EST

    ... CDC. Geoff Bennett: I also want to ask you about the vaccine skeptic David Geier, who will oversee a study checking connections between vaccines and autism. What should we know about his past work and the concerns there? Lena Sun: David Geier is not a physician. David Geier and his ...

  • March 17, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    March 17, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Mar 17, 2025 11:26 PM EST

    Monday on the News Hour, the Trump administration invokes wartime powers to deport hundreds of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. The President dismantles Voice of America and the news and information it provided to people in autocratic countries. Plus, despite an increase in autism diagnoses, law enforcement often lacks ...

  • Why police still lack training to effectively respond to people with disabilities

    Why police still lack training to effectively respond to people with disabilities

    Mar 17, 2025 10:30 PM EST

    ... 2023, which included a requirement that the department have an outside expert develop a curriculum to train deputies on how to deal with people with autism. As you look back on it, what do you think that the deputies should have done differently? Donna Lou: A big one, I think ...