RFK Jr. calls reducing ultraprocessed foods ‘spiritual warfare’
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ramped up his condemnation of ultraprocessed foods during an…
Fear among Minnesota’s Somali community compounds a public health woe: Low measles vaccination rates
MINNEAPOLIS — Public health officials and community leaders say that even before federal immigration authorities launched a crackdown…
Most commercially insured patients live with chronic conditions
The majority (57.5 percent) of commercially insured patients had at least one chronic condition in 2024. The average…
Not all children with autism benefit from early language therapy
A large-scale study reveals why some autistic children remain minimally verbal despite intensive early intervention, and what factors…
New Research Debunks Trump and RFK Jr.’s Claims Linking Tylenol to Autism
The Trump administration’s plan to blame autism on women using acetaminophen (a.k.a. Tylenol) during pregnancy is getting more…
Study debunks Trump claims, shows no link between acetaminophen and autism
Ahead of a White House press conference on autism in September, Donald Trump made a deliberate effort to…
Autistic Pāpāmoa 6-year-old faces deportation to Brazil after visa declined
In March, Immigration Minister Erica Stanford announced changes to the rules for children of temporary migrants. From March…
Gut microbes shown to directly shape brain function and evolution
A groundbreaking new study reveals that changes to the gut microbiome can change the way the brain works.…
Engineered sensor reveals the brain’s hidden chemical conversations
Scientists have engineered a protein able to record the incoming chemical signals of brain cells (as opposed to…
Team discovers molecular difference in brains of people with autism
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Scientists have…
Researchers Discover Molecular Difference in Autistic Brains
These analyses revealed less brain-wide availability of a specific kind of glutamate receptor, known as metabotropic glutamate receptor…
Self-diagnosis is driving teens mad
When Eva Kaufman was 14, she struggled to make sense of her mental health. A native of Cambridge,…