Scientists Create Monkeys With Autism Gene

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 27, 2016 Researchers in China have engineered monkeys to develop symptoms associated with autism in the hope that scientists can find a treatment for the condition in humans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Major Study Finds No Link Between Feared Vaccine and Autism

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 22, 2015 A major study published in one of the world’s leading medical journals has concluded that there is no link between the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination and autism in children. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Penn & Teller Use Bowling Pins to Show Why You Should Vaccinate Your Kids

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Feb 11, 2015 "Even if vaccination did cause autism, which it fucking doesn't," shouts Penn Jillette, the more verbal half of the entertainment duo Penn & Teller, "anti-vaccination would still be bullshit." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Vaccination Debate: Autism, Parental Choice and Public Health

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 6, 2015 As the number of confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. rises above 100, "Democracy Now!" speaks to a doctor, a law professor, and a legal scholar who believes her child developed autism as a result of vaccination. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Autism Diagnosis May Be Temporary for Some

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 19, 2013 A minority of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) -- conditions that are generally considered lifelong -- may carry the diagnosis only temporarily, researchers say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obamacare Begins

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Dec 13, 2012 Throughout the country, health professionals, politicians and health care activists are meeting about how to implement the Affordable Care Act now that it has been upheld by the Supreme Court and President Barack Obama's re-election.Throughout the country, health professionals, politicians and health care activists are meeting about how to implement the Affordable Care Act. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Dennis Kucinich on Afghanistan: ‘Get Out, Get Out, Get Out’

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Rep. Dennis Kucinich takes "nothing good" from the president's visit to Afghanistan, Robert Scheer on China, Occupiers and organizers, and California's autism unfairness. Dig deeper

Dennis Kucinich on Afghanistan: ‘Get Out, Get Out, Get Out’

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Rep Dennis Kucinich takes "nothing good" from the president's visit to Afghanistan, Robert Scheer on China, Occupiers and organizers, and California's autism unfairnesscom/avbooth/category/truthdig_radio/" title="Truthdig Radio">Truthdig Radio: Rep. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CDC Registers Rise in Autism Rate

Staff / Truthdig Mar 30, 2012 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there has been a significant uptick in autism diagnoses in several areas of the country that were part of a study published Thursday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Culture or Neurons?

By Susan Okie Mar 9, 2012 What accounts for our species' self-consciousness and awareness of our mortality, for our impulses to create art, to cling to our memories of childhood, to believe in a deity? Two new books suggest distinct approaches to such elemental questions.What accounts for our species' self-consciousness and awareness of our mortality, for our impulses to create art, to cling to our memories of childhood, to believe in a deity? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Facebook May Morph Your Brain

Staff / Truthdig Oct 19, 2011 Here we have the latest news in the blossoming social networking subdiscipline of neurology, about which we are not entirely kidding, as a team of researchers from University College London has found a possible link between the size of their subjects' flocks of Facebook friends and the size of certain parts of their brains. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Amazon’s Sweatshop

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2011 Amazon's warehouse has brutal working conditions; women are beginning to take over the workforce; meanwhile, a website and app have been developed to tell you how many slaves are working for you. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )