>>Newsweek Ranks VA 2nd For Highest Rates Of Autism After RFK Calls Rising Numbers An 'Epidemic'
(Undated) -- Virginia ranks second in the nation for high rates of autism, according to a Newsweek article released on the heels of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. saying there is an autism "epidemic" in the U.S.Preview: The CDC has released numbers showing the rate of autism spectrum disorder in children under eight-years-old is now one in 31. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he's ramping up efforts to get more data on the rising rates of child autism in the U.S.Preview: The nation's health secretary pledges to initiate new research into a possible cause of autism.