The Trump administration is considering ways to allow people with autism to seek compensation through a government vaccine injury program, according to an adviser, in a change likely to throw it into disarray.

The White House's autism announcement exaggerates links to Tylenol, misleads on vaccines, and sets back the field by ignoring decades of research, scientists say.

Despite the advertised focus on acetaminophen, Trump repeatedly brought up vaccines during his big autism announcement yesterday.

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.

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