ALL children throw tantrums if they don’t want to do something – empty the dishwasher, lay the table, tidy shoes away… So ...

The 'A' word was first mentioned when Eddie was a toddler and had speech and learning delays, but we didn't join the NHS waiting list for an assessment until after his first year at school.

Aimee Grant receives funding from the Wellcome Trust and UKRI. The phrases “autism spectrum” or “on the spectrum” have become part of everyday language. They are often used as different ways of ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

The creation of Tylenol as a brand name for the drug acetaminophen dates to 1955. Acetaminophen itself was first prepared in 1878, but it didn't receive widespread use until Tylenol's creation. The ...

The fight against fraud in Minnesota took on a new target, autism centers. It's the latest in a series of taxpayer fraud cases in Minnesota. A 28-year-old Minneapolis woman is now facing federal wire ...

Autism is rising. Or at least that’s how it looks. But is it really increasing? And if so, why? Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase? US president Donald Trump has claimed — ...

The pain reliever has been a mainstay for Kenvue, spun out of Johnson & Johnson in 2023. A year ago, the maker of Tylenol lauded a federal judge’s dismissal of hundreds of lawsuits alleging the ...

Monday’s sweeping autism announcements have sparked deeper conversations about the widespread neurological disorder. Health officials spoke during a press conference in Washington, D.C., about ...

The president also blamed the painkiller Tylenol for autism, but the evidence doesn’t stack up at all. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology ...

In September 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that Tylenol, a widely used pain reliever, was linked to an increased risk of autism and urged pregnant women to avoid taking the drug.

WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic noted “some observational studies” that have suggested a possible association between prenatal exposure to acetaminophen, or paracetamol, and autism, “but evidence ...