An estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, marking another jump in a long string of increases. The CDC’s data was from 14 ...

CDC data contradicts RFK Jr.’s claims, showing that the rise in autism diagnoses is due to improved screening and early ...

A small increase in the autism rate suggests diagnosis and access to care are improving, researchers say — and don't herald a ...

One in 31 8-year-olds had autism in US communities examined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

While the agency stressed that increased screening was most likely behind much of the increase, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called it an “epidemic.” ...

The finding, based on an analysis of medical records from 2022, reflects a dramatic rise in autism over the past two decades.

CDC data found one in 31 eight-year-old kids were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in 2022, an increase from one in 36 ...

A new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the autism diagnosis rate has increased among US children, continuing a long-term trend that experts have largely ...

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 ...