RWU’s Jacquline Cottle and the R.I. Public Health Institute’s Dr. Amy Nunn weigh in on public health matters ranging from COVID-19 shots to measles outbreaks to food dyes.

For decades, researchers have looked for links. Most believe the disorder springs from a complex interplay of genetics and environmental factors.

The clarification comes amid ongoing public debate and misinformation surrounding the causes of autism and the safety of widely used medicines and vaccines.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering adding certain symptoms of autism to an official list of side effects that can be compensated through a government vaccine injury program,

Trump also said that he and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, had long discussed the possibility that vaccines are linked to autism. “They pump so much stuff into babies, it’s a disgrace,” he said.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is defending a professor who has agreed to research any links between vaccines and autism under a potential CDC grant.

Robert F. Kennedy called autism an 'epidemic running rampant.' Could Tylenol really be partially to blame? Here's what we know.

The White House is reportedly planning to link Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism. The news pushed Kenvue stock down as much as 10%.