The newest CDC data show that 1 in 31 children — specifically 8-year-olds — were on the autism spectrum in 2022. That's up from 1 in 36 in 2020. In other public health news: Paper receipts from major ...

Autism diagnoses are continuing to increase in the United States, according to a new report published Tuesday by the Centers ...

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The CDC's 15 April 2025 report shows autism diagnoses climbed to 1 in 31 US children in 2022, up from 1 in 36.

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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that 1 in 31 8-year-olds were identified with autism spectrum disorder in 2022, which is up from 1 in 36 in 2020. Boys were more ...

A small increase in the autism rate suggests diagnosis and access to care are improving, researchers say — and don't herald a ...

A new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the autism diagnosis rate has increased among ...

Newly released federal statistics show an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, marking another jump in a long string of increases.

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While the agency stressed that increased screening was most likely behind much of the increase, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called it an “epidemic.” ...