Azeen Ghorayshi

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Science Reporter at The New York Times

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RFK Jr. Claimed Autism 'Destroys' Lives. Autistic People Disagree.

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Maggie Astor |Azeen Ghorayshi |Dani Blum

People in the community called the remarks dehumanizing and warned they could perpetuate harmful stigma. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s remarks this week that autism "destroys" children have prompted outrage among many autistic people and their families. They said that they had done things he claimed were impossible - hold a job, write a poem, play baseball, go on a date - and added that the lives of people who did need help performing daily activities were still worthy of respect.
RFK Jr. Calls Autism 'Preventable,' Drawing Ire From Researchers

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Karoun Demirjian |Dani Blum |Azeen Ghorayshi

In remarks laced with scientific inaccuracies, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said on Wednesday that autism was preventable while directly contradicting researchers within his own agency on a primary driver behind rising rates of the condition in young children.
Autism Rate Continues to Rise Among Children, CDC Reports

1 week ago | myheraldreview.com | Azeen Ghorayshi

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Kennedy Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Azeen Ghorayshi

11 hours agoThe leader of the CDC’s measles team said the agency was “scraping” to find resources to address an outbreak in the Southwest. Measles cases are most likely being underreported in the United States as public health officials scramble to find resources to address a ballooning outbreak in the …
Autism Rate Continues to Rise Among Children, C.D.C. Reports

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Azeen Ghorayshi

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." The percentage of American children estimated to have autism spectrum disorder increased in 2022, continuing a long-running trend, according to data released on Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among 8-year-olds, one in 31 were found to have autism in 2022, compared with 1 in 36 in 2020.
U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished Because of Politics, Doctor Says - The New York Times

Oct 29, 2024 | nytimes.com | Azeen Ghorayshi

The leader of the long-running study said that the drugs did not improve mental health in children with gender distress and that the finding might be weaponized by opponents of the care.
A Trans Researcher's Pursuit of Better Data on Detransition

Oct 25, 2024 | nytimes.com | Azeen Ghorayshi

Kinnon MacKinnon, a Canadian researcher, was only faintly surprised this spring when the website for an upcoming conference did not list his talk alongside the dozens of others. He was slated to discuss one of the most fraught topics in medicine: patients who transition to a different gender but later change their minds, known as detransition.
US study on puberty blockers goes unpublished because of politics, doctor says

Oct 23, 2024 | miamiherald.com | Azeen Ghorayshi

An influential doctor and advocate of adolescent gender treatments said she had not published a long-awaited study of puberty-blocking drugs because of the charged American political environment. The doctor, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, began the study in 2015 as part of a broader, multimillion-dollar federal project on transgender youth.
3% of American high schoolers identify as transgender, first national survey finds

Oct 9, 2024 | pressdemocrat.com | Azeen Ghorayshi

About 3.3% of high school students identify as transgender and another 2.2% are questioning their gender identity, according to the first nationally representative survey on these groups, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. Transgender and gender-questioning teenagers reported alarmingly higher rates of bullying at school, persistent sadness and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, according to the survey, which was carried out in 2023.
3% of U.S. high-schoolers identify as transgender, national survey finds

Oct 8, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Azeen Ghorayshi

About 3.3% of high school students identify as transgender and another 2.2% are questioning their gender identity, according to the first nationally representative survey on these groups, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. Transgender and gender-questioning teenagers reported alarmingly higher rates of bullying at school, persistent sadness and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, according to the survey, which was carried out in 2023.

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