The phrases “autism spectrum” or “on the spectrum” have become part of everyday language. They are often used as different ways of referring to someone who is “neurodivergent”. The term was coined in ...

Watching my friends’ grandchildren wrestle with the college application process, I am reminded of my own saga of applying to — and being rejected by — Brown University. It turns out the school ...

The president’s call for removal of the metal from childhood inoculations set off alarms. About half of shots for polio, ...

A team of neurodiverse interviewers draw out public figures like Indranee Rajah and Pritam Singh in Season 2 of The Assembly.

Last week, news stories reported that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had convened an "aluminum working group." Among the ...

Since the Trump administration in the U.S. declared its goal to “eradicate the rising autism rates in the country,” debates have continued in the U.S. over “what caused the increase in autism ...

Charles Frey, 32, stood at the altar on his wedding day and spotted his third grade teacher sitting in the pews at the Catholic Student Center at Washington University. Frey, an EMS provider, grew up ...

Several cases of suicide encouraged by AI chatbot use have been reported. Should chatbot makers be held liable?

For decades, patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) have faced a diagnostic dilemma. They have experienced or lived with debilitating fatigue, cognitive ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists are getting closer to accurately and quickly diagnosing chronic fatigue syndrome. Santi Nuñez/Stocksy There is no single test to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), ...

A new blood test can diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as CFS or ME, with an accuracy of 96%, according to scientists who developed it. The researchers, from the University of East Anglia, ...

A blood test has achieved 96% accuracy in diagnosing the condition in a small study of individuals. What does the test detect, and is it a biomarker of the condition? A debilitating long-term illness, ...