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Developmental Disabilities Heighten Risk of Covid Death (Links to an external site)
People with intellectual disabilities and developmental disorders are three times more likely to die of Covid-19, compared with patients without the conditions, a new analysis found.
Dr. Joan Luby: Ruane Prize Recipient from Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
A virtual lecture from her will be available on 10/30: How Early Childhood Experiences Shape Brain Development and Influence Mental and Physical Health Trajectories
COVID-19 disproportionately affects developmentally disabled (Links to an external site)
In great need of in-person supports, developmentally disabled are overlooked in pandemic-related decisions, experts say
Inherited Risk for Autism Through Maternal and Paternal Lineage (Links to an external site)
Research about the “female protective effect” in autism
Health Disparities Exist for African American Children with Autism (Links to an external site)
Disparities include delays in timing of diagnosis, access to services, and double the rate of comorbidities.
Four Families Take on Rare Diseases (Links to an external site)
Families with rare diseases face unique challenges in overcoming obstacles to treatment and care.
A New Standard For Publishing On Racial Health Inequities (Links to an external site)
Experts give recommendations for more robust inclusion of the impact of racial health disparities on disease mechanisms.
Why Zika caused most harmful brain damage to Brazilian newborns (Links to an external site)
Findings help explain why microcephaly cases less common in other Zika outbreaks
Nature vs. nurture (Links to an external site)
Dr. Joan Luby and her colleagues have linked adversity, including poverty and neglect in the first years of life, to changes in brain anatomy.
Autism’s genetic drivers may differ by sex (Links to an external site)
Autism may stem from a different — and larger — set of genetic mutations in women than it does in men, according to a new study.
$9.5 million aimed at detecting autism earlier in childhood (Links to an external site)
Multicenter grant funds infant brain imaging at Washington University and other centers.
Severity of autism symptoms varies greatly among identical twins (Links to an external site)
Findings from NIH-funded study could inform treatment strategies.
Mice sleeping fitfully provide clues to insomnia (Links to an external site)
Genetically engineered mice mimic common sleep problems
Autism risk, walking linked via brain connections (Links to an external site)
Brain networks that help babies learn to walk ID’d