Parents often pressure Lawrence Diller, a behavioral/developmental pediatrician, to diagnose their children with autism. He thinks he knows why.

An advocacy group is calling on parents across Bermuda to get behind a global movement to reduce harmful smartphone and ...

Although Chester Waterworth was diagnosed with severe global developmental delay (GDD), the brave youngster, of Wigan, Greater Manchester, has since defied doctors with his development ...

A first-in-class gene-regulating therapy cut seizures by up to 91% in children with Dravet syndrome in extension studies, raising hopes for a disease-modifying treatment.

Jessica Hay says her daughter Charlie loves to be included in everything — and a new accessible shopping cart at her local ...

Like many Americans, Ms. Rachel said she first became aware of the family detention center in Dilley, Texas, after federal immigration agents detained a 5-year-old in Minneapolis.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s autism remedy is not all it’s cracked up to be, according to his own agency. Two Food and Drug Administration officials told Politico on Monday that the drug leucovorin, which ...

Chester's weight worried nurses ...

Fresh turmoil at the FDA with Prasad’s exit. Vinay Prasad is out at the Food and Drug Administration for the second time during the Trump administration, after a tumultuous reig ...

Former president Thabo Mbeki has warned that global conflicts, including the escalating Middle East war, show that the world ...

Children born with single-ventricle heart disease, a rare and serious heart defect, often undergo multiple surgeries in their first years of life. A new study shows the challenges for these children ...