Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday labeled the increasing rates of autism in children an epidemic and said ...

7News asked the D.C. Department of Health for more information, including why the CDC website hasn't been populated further, ...

Changes to the federal government’s guidance on fluoride in drinking water nationwide could have impacts on the D.C. region. U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he plans to tell the ...

Newly released federal statistics show an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, marking another jump in a long string ...

In a sample of communities, the biennial autism surveillance report found that 1 in 31 8-year-olds had the condition. The CDC ...

A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official is telling staff to start planning for the agency’s splintering.

Autism diagnoses are continuing to increase in the U.S., now affecting one in 31 children, according to a new CDC report ...

Kennedy will also be reconvening his department's Community Preventive Services Task Force to make a new recommendation on ...

The CDC laid off all of the staff in its Vessel Sanitation Program, whose salaries are paid by cruise ship company fees, according to CBS News. A smaller group of 12 U.S. Public Health Service ...

Boys continue to be diagnosed more than girls, and the highest rates are among children who are Asian/Pacific Islander, ...