Giving out the new behavioural signs of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), scientist now say that about half of all cases of the disorder may be diagnosable at about one year of age, the earliest the disorder has ever been diagnosed.

After evaluating the social and communication development in ASD from 14 to 36 months of age, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland found that approximately half of all children with autism can be diagnosed around their first birthday

Thousands of families are claiming that routine and sometimes mandatory vaccines have caused their children to become autistic. One family went before a federal court Monday to plead their case.

If the court side with the family, they could receive compensation from the government fund set up for people hurt by the shots to protect the program

Infectious diseases are not the widespread ailment affecting children's health like they once did.

The new millennium school children are suffering from obesity, depression and behavioral problems rather than the measles or mumps.

According to the Centre for Child and Community Health, a large number of young children, including toddlers and babies, are suffering from mental health issues as opposed to infections

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched National Infant Immunization Week with events being held April 21-April 28 throughout the country.

The CDC in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stresses the importance to parents to immunize their infants in a timely fashion to prevent childhood diseases

U.S. researchers found that testing to see whether a 12-month-old baby responds to his name is a good way to test for Autism.

The test could allow more children to be diagnosed at younger ages. Children are generally not diagnosed with developmental abnormalities until ages 3 or 4