Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An autism diagnosis can take years, but a new hair test promises answers much sooner – even for babies as young as one month old.

A simple "pull-to-sit" test on infants at six months old may help doctors predict autism and other delays, a new study has found. The study by Kennedy Krieger Institute researchers looked at infants ...

White children are screened for autism up to two years earlier than their Black and Hispanic peers in Georgia, according to new research from the University of Georgia. Led by a team of researchers ...

The company’s ASD Insight test analyzes a small skin sample to diagnose autism in children for earlier prevention NeuroQure, a biotech startup using patented technologies from UCI, just launched a ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MARAbio Systems (MARAbio), a precision immunology company dedicated to detecting, treating, and preventing Maternal Autoantibody Related Autism (MARA), ...

Entrepreneur Natasha Nelson always knew she was different. The 35-year old from Stone Mountain, Georgia, struggled with establishing social norms. She found small talk difficult, and couldn’t ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge University have published new results in the journal PLoS ONE from the largest ever study of people with autism taking the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' test ...

For families who live in urban or suburban areas, most of the testing to determine whether their child might have autism usually takes place in a university or other specialized clinic. Parents often ...