Federal agencies will create a database of patients with autism to collect research that could reshape how the U.S. understands and treats autism spectrum disorder. According to Baller Alert, the ...

Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterised by impairments in social ...

The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have partnered to research the causes of the autism spectrum disorder, creating a database of autism-diagnosed ...

WASHINGTON -- The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National Institutes of Health to tap into Medicare and Medicaid data in its search for the ...

Two weeks after it walked back claims that it was creating an autism database, the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced that the National Institutes of Health would build a ...

Readers weigh in on the challenges of defining and diagnosing the condition. To the Editor: Re “In New Focus on Autism, Some Worry the Spectrum Is Too Broad” (front page, Oct. 5): One thing’s for ...