AI-assisted evaluations can speed autism diagnosis

AI-assisted evaluations can speed autism diagnosis

[ad_1] Access to autism evaluations through specialty health care is notorious for long wait times across the United States. In Missouri, many families wait nearly a year for a diagnostic appointment. AI might be a solution to cutting the wait, according to researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine. Lead author Kristin Sohl and her team partnered with Cognoa, Inc. to test their FDA-approved medical device, CanvasDx,…

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Study offers a unified biological model to explain the causes of autism

Study offers a unified biological model to explain the causes of autism

[ad_1] A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic predispositions and environmental exposures converge to cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study, published in Mitochondrion on Dec. 9, 2025, describes a “three-hit” metabolic signaling model that reframes autism as a treatable disorder of…

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In RFK Jr.’s upside-down world of vaccines, panel votes to end hepatitis B shot at birth

In RFK Jr.’s upside-down world of vaccines, panel votes to end hepatitis B shot at birth

[ad_1] Recent weeks have brought good news about vaccines, with studies indicating that flu vaccination reduces heart disease, shingles vaccines can prevent or slow dementia, and a single human papilloma virus shot protects a girl from cervical cancer for the rest of her life. But in the upside-down world of Health and Human Services Secretary…

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Kennedy sharpens vaccine attacks, without scientific backing

Kennedy sharpens vaccine attacks, without scientific backing

[ad_1] As the federal government prepares for the next meeting of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has intensified his attacks on aluminum vaccine components used in many shots to boost the body’s immune response. Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist before seeking public office, claims that…

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