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Newsweek on MSN · 1h

Map Reveals States With the Highest Autism Rates

California, as the most populous state, had the highest number of adults estimated to be on the autism spectrum, with 701,669 cases. Texas (449,631), New York (342,280), Florida (329,131) and Pennsylvania (228,572) followed with similarly large case counts.

CBS News on MSN · 13h

Autism rate rises to 3% of children in CDC study

One out of 31 children — more than 3% of kids — have been identified with autism, according to the latest results published Tuesday from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study that tracks trends of autism's prevalence across some communities in the U.

Rising autism rates now affect 3% of children, says CDC report

A new CDC report stated that autism rates are rising in the U.S., as more than 3% of America's kids are being diagnosed. A spokesperson from Autism Speaks reacts to the latest data.

autism, Kennedy and environmental toxin

Reuters on MSN · 16h

Kennedy plans studies into link between environmental factors and autism

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday that he plans to commission a series of studies to identify environmental contributors to autism he claims are linked to its rising prevalence in the country.

USA TODAY on MSN · 19h

RFK Jr. says government to launch new studies on link between toxins, autism amid pushback

According to a new CDC report, in 2022, one in 31 children were diagnosed with autism by age 8 in the U.S., an uptick from one in 36 children in 2020

POLITICO on MSN · 19h

Kennedy pledges to figure out which ‘environmental toxins’ are causing autism

Kennedy Jr. used newly released autism figures to insist the nation is facing a crisis and promised to ferret out the “environmental toxins” he believes are responsible. The secretary, who in the past has repeated debunked claims that there is a link between vaccines and Autism Spectrum Disorder,

18hon MSN

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says US autism cases are climbing at an 'alarming rate'

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned that children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism at an “alarming rate, ...

4hon MSN

What is autism spectrum disorder?

Here's why the condition affects each person diagnosed with it so differently — plus how anyone with autism can thrive.

18hon MSN

In first news conference as HHS secretary, Kennedy says autism is an epidemic in the US

In his first news conference as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said ...

17h

Kennedy Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers

The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors ...

2hOpinion

We need a new kind of autism research — work that'll actually help austistic people | Opinion

Federally funded research focuses on the cause of autism, write doctors Emily Hotez and Alice Kuo. We need work that helps ...

9hon MSN

Republican: RFK Jr. deserves ‘benefit of the doubt’ on unproven autism claims

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said rising autism rates reflect a “preventable” crisis-level ...

14h

Adolescent psychiatrist addresses claims around autism

Despite evidence that suggests there is no one single cause of autism, HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is vowing to uncover an ...

13hOpinion

My Son Is Not an Epidemic: A Father Responds to RFK Jr.’s Dangerous Autism Rhetoric

Which is why, nearly eight years later, hearing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — now the secretary of Health and Human Services — ...

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