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Doctors call for universal autism screenings

Doctors call for universal autism screenings

Parents of children diagnosed with autism and related conditions say new guidelines urging screening for all children twice by age 2 is a step in the right direction - but remains a long way from providing answers about a perplexing spectrum of disorders.

Researchers: New understanding of autism is near

Attorney David Gould and his wife, Lauretta Murdock, the founder of a school in New Hyde Park, were not prepared for the phone call they recently received.

CDC: Vaccines don't cause neurological problems

Federal health officials yesterday reassured parents that childhood vaccines are safe and that kids who got routine immunizations a decade ago when shots contained a controversial mercury preservative are not at risk of neurological problems.

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