We are thrilled to congratulate Hikmet Ceyhun Göcenoğlu and Beth Ann Eanelli, the winners of the Untold Global Health Stories of 2019 contest.
March 5, 2019
Yet another study has debunked the link between autism and measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations. The findings, published yesterday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, further refute vaccine skepticism fueled by a small, decades-old study now expunged from medical…
November 6, 2018
HOUSTON – Peter Hotez has 2 words for his fellow scientists: Speak up. A venerable vaccine researcher and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Hotez says he and other scientists of his generation were taught to do science and…
November 4, 2018
SÃO PAULO— Heverson Correia de Freitas, 36 years old, sits on the stairs of his Osasco, São Paulo home, swaying back and forth silently glancing at the walls or the floor, never truly making eye contact with those in the room. These are but a few of the telltale signs of…
August 20, 2018
Women with high concentrations of DDT in their blood during pregnancy are 32% more likely to give birth to a child that develops autism, according to a study of almost a million women.
December 18, 2017
Across Africa, a lack of resources for autism has left families desperate for relief—leading some to build it themselves. Impatient parents launched Ethiopia’s grassroots Joy Center for Autism, which adapts proven treatments to aid communication and basic skills.
September 29, 2017
Children with autism and bodies of water have long been a nightmarish combination for parents and guardians. A Columbia University study published earlier this year confirmed their fears: Children with autism are 160X more likely than other children to drown. Experts say…
June 30, 2017
To ensure children with autism spectrum disorder in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas receive appropriate care, Li-Ching Lee traveled to Gaibandha, Bangladesh and adapted standard diagnostic tools to be culturally relevant. Few people in Gaibandha knew about ASD. “…
May 15, 2017
The long-discredited linking of MMR vaccine and autism continues to have repercussions, including Minnesota’s recent measles outbreak among Somali-American children who went unvaccinated because of autism fears. So, what is known about the causes of autism spectrum disorder…