Broke California will begin the new decade with crushing debt and wholesale elimination of human services. Meanwhile, President Obama has rankled Congressional Democrats with plans to earmark millions of dollars in NIH funds to find the causes and cures of autism.
Harvey Karp | Posted 06.23.2009 | Living
All sorts of arguments are thrown around to persuade parents that shots threaten their children with autism. I'd like to discuss 4 of the commonly repeated concerns, 3 flawed...and 1 that I think has merit.
Jay Gordon, MD | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living
The facile dismissal of those of us calling for safer vaccinations and scrutiny of the current vaccine schedule is not scientifically based and polarizes the discussion.
David Kirby | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living
Now, in one of the largest, boldest studies of its kind, researchers in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Northern California will begin collecting data on many potential risk factors of autism.
Harvey Karp | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living
This is the first post in a series of three about autism and vaccines. If a foreign government were suspected of doing something that caused brain pr...
David Kirby | Posted 06.01.2009 | Living
If we are going to find the actual environmental triggers to autism, we had better get busy.
Sarah Lovinger | Posted 05.22.2009 | Living
I am an internist, and I know many important things about vaccinations, but the bottom line is they save lives. And there's no evidence that they cause autism.
David Kirby | Posted 05.12.2009 | Living
The following letter was sent to the editors at Discover Magazine last week, regarding a recent article on vaccines and autism. The magazine claimed t...
Jim Carrey | Posted 04.22.2009 | Living
Can we afford to ignore vaccines as a possible cause of rising numbers of children with Autism, when they are one of the fastest growing elements in our children's environment?
Jacob Dickerman | Posted 04.02.2009 | Living
I've tried to understand the anti-vaccination thought process. From my point of view, vaccines are good things, and I have a problem with the story the anti-vaxers are telling.
Jacob Dickerman | Posted 03.30.2009 | Living
It doesn't matter what the science says, because these people don't care about science. Their argument is purely ideological, and does not belong in any discussion of scientific, medical, or political policy.
David Kirby | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living
It has been a full month since the Sunday Times article ran on Dr. Wakefield's autism research, and Wakefield has remained relatively silent about it - until now.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby | Posted 02.24.2009 | Living
We would love nothing more than to reassure parents that the nation's current vaccine program is 100% safe for all kids, and that zero credible evidence links vaccines with autism. But that simply isn't true.
Stanton Peele | Posted 02.18.2009 | Media
Because I can't avoid trouble, I'll point out that the HuffPo has been a principal outlet for the argument that there is a gigantic plot to foist lead (thimerosal)-based vaccines on children.
Ryan J. Davis | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics
The past few days haven't been good for vaccine-autism theorists.
David Kirby | Posted 02.11.2009 | Living
8:30 PM EST - UPDATE: I have confirmed the following information: Members of the US Justice Department's Office of Public Affairs have been caught s...
Paula Crossfield | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green
There has been a previous association made between diet and autistic functionality -- and specifically high fructose corn syrup been singled out as a cause for worsening the disorder.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics
Being opposed to vaccine-autism research puts one outside of the "mainstream," a charge which is an ugly lie perpetrated by vaccine industry allies and their blind supporters.
Paul A. Offit, MD | Posted 01.22.2009 | Living
If parents choose not to vaccinate their children, not only do they put their own children at risk, they put others at risk as well.
David Kirby | Posted 12.04.2008 | Living
Autism and the military have a deep history together. Children of service members are reportedly almost twice as likely to have autism (1-in-88) than those in the general population (1-in-150).
David Kirby | Posted 11.26.2008 | Living
The problem is, there is simply no such thing as "scientific consensus" when it comes to vaccines and autism.
Chicago Tribune | Monique Garcia and Ray Long | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago
Insurance companies would be required to cover autism diagnosis and treatment up to $36,000 a year under legislation sent to the governor Thursday. T...
David Kirby | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living
Why is the reported rate of autism among children of Somali refugees so alarmingly high (now an estimated 1-in-28 schoolchildren)? When I first heard about this phenomenon, my reporter's instinct told me it could be a very big story.
Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 11.11.2008 | Living
There's good reason to think that intellectualism is on the ropes, but maybe this will change now that we have in the White House a guy who actually understands nuance and complexity.
David Kirby | Posted 11.10.2008 | Living
Is the vaccine-autism debate over? Not according to the co-founder of the largest, most mainstream, most influential autism organization in the world.
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David Kirby | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living