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Some traits of autism are associated with obvious differences in brain structure, and the scope of these alterations may depend on the person’s sex.

A brain region that orchestrates responses to social cues and aids decision-making may be off tempo in autism.

Two independent sets of mice missing a copy of SETD5, a top autism gene, link the gene to the condition’s traits.

The Ontario, Canada, government recently announced its intentions to overhaul the Ontario Autism Program, but the changes could leave autistic children without supports.

People with autism may show scant activity in a poorly understood molecular process thought to regulate gene expression.

The part of the nervous system that regulates heart rate and breathing may be involved in autism.

About one in three autistic people in the United Kingdom is prescribed drugs designed to alter brain function.

More and more children whose parents refuse to vaccinate are discovering as teenagers that their bodies are at the center of a roiling tug-of-war between science and pseudoscience.

Demand for measles vaccine has surged in the Washington county where the highly contagious virus is linked to more than 50 confirmed illnesses this year — including among people who had previously shunned the shots.

Some children who dramatically lose a range of abilities after age 2 may have a condition called childhood disintegrative disorder.