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Pandemic-era babies do not have higher autism risk, finds study

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Pandemic-era babies do not have higher autism risk, finds study finds.

Children born during the first year of the pandemic, including those exposed to COVID in utero, were no more likely to screen positive for autism than unexposed or pre-pandemic children.

Autism risk was calculated based on responses from neurodevelopment screening questionnaire.

Other authors (all from Columbia University and affiliates except where noted) are Angela Manessis , Jen Warmingham , Ruiyang Xu , Yunzhe Hu , Morgan A. Finkel , Margaret Kyle , Maha Hussain , Imaal Ahmed , Andréane Lavallée, Ana Solis , Vitoria Chavez , Cynthia Rodriguez , Sylvie Goldman , Rebecca A. Muhle , Seonjoo Lee , Judy Austin , Wendy G. Silver , Kally C. O'Reilly , Jennifer M. Bain , Anna A. Penn , Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele , Melissa S. Stockwell , William P. Fifer , Catherine Monk ,.

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