Colorado Medicaid agency director Kim Bimestefer resigns
Kim Bimestefer, the longtime head of the Colorado agency that oversees Medicaid, announced Monday that she will resign…
‘I’m still coming to terms with it’: Rebecca Gibney reveals ‘very emotional’ health diagnosis following years of panic attacks and crippling anxiety
Rebecca Gibney has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The actress…
Colorado is proposing major changes to autism therapy
Sabrina Ortengren had almost no hope when she and her husband Jay sat down with an autism therapy…
Tylenol use drops among some pregnant women after Trump’s unproven autism claim
Last year, President Donald Trump told pregnant women not to take Tylenol as he promoted unproven ties between…
Pioneering Autism Researcher Not a Fan of ‘Spectrum’
Autism’s defining metaphor of a spectrum may be due for retirement, says one of the field’s most…
Colorado may owe feds $42M for improper autism therapy payments
Colorado may have improperly paid more than $75 million to autism service providers and could be on the…
Autism Study Of Drug Touted By Trump Administration Retracted
Months after Trump administration officials hyped a drug as a possible treatment for autism symptoms, one of the…
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 stalls measles vaccine outreach in Minnesota Somali community
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Public health officials and community leaders say that even before federal immigration authorities launched a…
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…
Barbie with autism being introduced by Mattel
Mattel Inc. is introducing a Barbie with autism Monday as the newest member of its line intended to…