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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 ...
There's a doctor shortage in Corpus Christi and Texas. Here's what that means for patients
Corpus Christi residents face long wait times when looking for a new doctor and referrals to other cities for specialty care. Read the first in a two-part series about the area's doctor shortage.
Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.’s NIH slashed science funding across states that backed Trump
About 40% of organizations whose grants the NIH cut in its first month of slashing, which started Feb. 28, are in states ...
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 ...
Kennedy promises exhaustive studies to identify any environmental factors that may cause autism
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warns children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism at an “alarming rate.” ...
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 ...
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Researcher discusses CDC findings that autism rates have increased in kids
Flusberg, director of Boston University's Center for Autism Research Excellence, about CDC findings that autism rates have increased among children.
Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.'s NIH slashed science funding across U.S.
A KFF Health News analysis underscores how the NIH funding terminations have spared no part of the country, politically or ...
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'Doesn’t make sense': Red states left unspared in Trump funding slash across the US
The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost ...