Following pushback from scientists, the U.S. National Institutes of Health has issued a two-year delay on a rule requiring basic researchers to register their studies as clinical trials.

Envisioned as bioRxiv’s clinical cousin, the new preprint server medRxiv hosts unpublished manuscripts describing original medical research.

Most community clinicians do not deliver care that is in line with the latest evidence — and they are not improving over time.

Many first-time sex offenders on the spectrum may not understand the laws they break. How should their crimes be treated?

Data analysis can improve the vetting of scientific papers, but first publishers must agree to make the information public.

A law implemented four years ago has made it difficult for Dutch children in some regions to have access to mental health care.

The announcement this week that the U.S. federal government is changing its policy on the use of human fetal tissue in medical research is designed to please anti-abortion groups.

Two U.S. federal laws were designed to bring parity between mental and physical healthcare coverage, but disparities remain.

Autism’s prevalence in Northern Ireland is climbing, but government policies leave families unable to access the treatments they need.

The offerings at this year’s international autism conference largely satisfied scientists pushing for a focus on biology, while also including enough sessions on social issues to please others.