( NewsNation) —An autism awareness advocate says when a public figure such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes comments that “tie autism to harmful myths,” it can “undermine all the progress” that has been ...

Swimming has been illegal in most of D.C.’s waterways since the 1970s, largely because of contamination from the district’s aging sewer system.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a first-in-the-nation executive order to block the federal ...

The head of a local program focused on treating patients with autism spectrum disorder said last week that he hopes plans for ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swam in bacteria-infested waters in Rock Creek Park with his grandchildren on Mother's Day, ignoring warnings from the National Park Service about pathogens in the water.

Kennedy Jr. has been accused of blaming parents for their children's autism amid the backlash he faced for suggesting that ...

Scientists say the primary cause of autism is genetic, with environmental factors play­ing a secondary role. Powerful ...

For many experts, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s promise for "pulling back the curtain" to find autism's causes in ...