A relatively new genetic test is much more likely to detect autism than two more popular methods, though no gene test flags the vast majority of cases, researchers said Monday.

A federal “vaccine court” delivered the second of a one-two punch Friday to parents who believe vaccines are to blame for their children’s autism.

Vaccine critics are pouncing after an autism researcher who helped conduct two studies dismissing a link between vaccines and autism finds himself under investigation.

A decision by an Australian court to permit the sterilization of an 11-year-old girl with severe disabilities is drawing heated debate.

A Chicago father is suing two doctors after he says his son was prescribed “dangerous and unnecessary” alternative autism treatments over the phone.

A California jury let the makers of Botox off the hook Tuesday in the death of a 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, finding that the drug carried sufficient warning labels.