Mattel’s latest Barbie to celebrate diversity has autism
Mattel Inc. is introducing an autistic Barbie on Monday as the newest member of its line intended to celebrate diversity, joining a collection that already includes Barbies with Down…
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RFK Jr. Personally Changed CDC Policy on Linking Vaccines and Autism
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to abandon its long-held position that vaccines are not tied to autism. In an…
The CDC’s updated page about vaccines and autism exploits a fearmongering loophole
In utterly bleak news, AI Overviews are now more accurate about the lack of a relationship between autism and vaccines than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On…
RFK Jr. Admits He Can’t Actually Tie Tylenol to Autism
One such area the president has homed in on is Portland, Oregon, a city better known for Voodoo Doughnuts and cold brew than hellish riots. Late last month, the president ordered the…
Loyal Trump Soldier Ken Paxton Sues Tylenol Over Autism Conspiracy
It’s not a good indicator for the economy under President Trump. The website Layoffs.fyi, which tracks job cuts, estimates that 98,344 technology employees have been laid off this year…
What to know about leucovorin, the drug the Trump administration says can treat autism
The US government has announced controversial guidance on the prevention and treatment of autism in children. New health recommendations aim to discourage pregnant women from taking the…
Trump is pushing leucovorin as a treatment for autism. What is it?
That meant that more people met the criteria for an autism diagnosis. Lerner points out that there is also far more awareness of the condition today than there was several decades ago.…
How Trump is spreading unproven information about Tylenol, autism, and vaccines
President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism as his administration…
FDA announces plan for folinic acid to be accessible prescription treatment for children with autism
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Martin A. Makary announced that the FDA is filing a federal register notice to change the label on Leucovorin, so it can be prescribed to…
Trump links autism to Tylenol, sparking backlash from maker and medical groups
President Trump on Monday linked autism to the use of painkiller acetaminophen during pregnancy, stirring debate and confusion about a key ingredient in Tylenol that had been considered…
Trump, 79, Struggles to Say Word for Tylenol in His Dumb Autism Speech
Acetaminophen—better known by the brand name Tylenol—was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1951. But on Monday, the White House turned its back on that science-backed…
Trump administration suggests Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism, a link experts say is unproven
President Donald Trump suggested Monday that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy may contribute to rising autism rates in the U.S., a potential link experts have studied and say is…
KVUE stock price: Kenvue plummets as Trump announcement expected to tie Tylenol to autism, tout leucovorin
Shares of Kenvue Inc. (KVUE), the parent company of Tylenol, are down around 6% in midday trading on Monday on news the Trump administration is expected to link the over-the-counter pain…
‘Geek Girl’ Star Emily Carey, ‘A Kind of Spark’s’ Lola Blue Lead Autistic-Centered ‘The Birth of a Mall Goth’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Two prominent autistic actors, Emily Carey (“Geek Girl“) and Lola Blue (“A Kind of Spark”), topline the short film “The Birth of a Mall Goth,” marking a rare project where neurodiverse…
Tylenol maker’s stock dips after report says RFK Jr.’s HHS plans to link the drug to autism
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is planning to release a report that will reportedly link autism and acetaminophen use in pregnancy, according to The Wall Street Journal.…
Amy Schumer on Her Tribeca Doc ‘Room to Move’: ‘We Want To Destigmatize Autism’
After watching Alexander Hammer’s “Expecting Amy,” a 2020 docuseries about Amy Schumer‘s difficult pregnancy, Jenn Freeman’s life changed. In the series, Schumer’s husband, Chris Fischer,…
What we’re missing in diagnosing autism
The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. Members pay annual…
‘Love on the Spectrum’ Stars Slam RFK Jr.’s Autism Comments as ‘Extremely Ignorant’ and ‘Downright Offensive’: ‘We Don’t Need to Be Fixed’
The stars of Netflix‘s “Love on the Spectrum” are speaking out against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his comments about autism. In a sit down with NewsNation “Love on the Spectrum” star Dani…
First impressions in job interviews hurt candidates with autism. Here’s how employers can fix that
First impressions matter—they shape how we’re judged in mere seconds, research shows. People are quick to evaluate others’ competence, likability and honesty, often relying on superficial…
My Son Is Not an Epidemic: A Father Responds to RFK Jr.’s Dangerous Autism Rhetoric
In 2017, when a nurse came into the room and told my wife and I that our son Noah, who was 2 at the time, was autistic the words didn’t destroy us. What they did was wipe away the fog of…
Column: The latest evidence that putting RFK Jr. in charge of public health would be a disaster
Polio came for 5-year-old Lynn Lane when she was visiting her grandmother in rural Indiana. Suddenly, her arms and legs became weak, and by the time she got to a hospital in Indianapolis,…