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• New study suggests environmental factors may play a role in causing Autism (If you have trouble opening this link, please use one below)
  ABC World News Tonight, alternate link
  ABC World News Tonight, July 9, 2011
  ABC News talks to Lisa Croen, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Senior Scientist and Director of the Autism Research Program along with the first EARLI study participant in California about the promise of EARLI and the importance of autism research.

• Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy Linked to Higher Risk of Autism
  Healthland Time.com, July 5, 2011
  Children whose mothers use antidepressants during pregnancy may be more likely to develop autism than kids whose mothers do not, say researchers in California

• Studies Examine Autism's Link to Antidepressants, Other Factors
  Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2011
  KP NCAL Division of Research Senior Scientist Lisa Croen, PhD, found an association between antidepressants during pregnancy and autism risk. This story also appeared in: Foxnews.com.
  

• UCSF, Stanford autism study shows surprises
  San Francisco Chronicle, July 5, 2011
  KP NCAL Division of Research that found an association between antidepressants during pregnancy and autism risk. The KP DOR also co-authored study linking twins and autism.
  

• Antidepressant use in pregnancy may raise autism risk
  CNN.com, July 5, 2011
  KP NCAL Division of Research that found an association between antidepressants during pregnancy and autism risk.
  

• Autism: Is Environment Messing With Our Kids? (NEW STUDY)
  Huffington Post, July 5, 2011
  KP NCAL Division of Research that found an association between antidepressants during pregnancy and autism risk. The KP DOR also co-authored study linking twins and autism.

• Are Antidepressants Linked to Autism?
  ABC News, July 4, 2011
  KP NCAL Division of Research that found an association between antidepressants during pregnancy and autism risk.

• Blue Sky: Kaiser Permanente holds first symposium exploring future of autism research
  Division of Research Research Spotlight, April 28, 2011
  

• New Autism Findings
  On Point (National Public Radio), c/o WBUR-FM, May 10, 2011
  Dr. Lisa Croen appeared on NPR for a discussion with Young Shin Kim, lead author of a new study conducted in South Korea that estimates higher prevalence rates for autism spectrum disorders than have previously been reported.

• Study in Korea Puts Autism’s Prevalence at 2.6%, Surprising Experts
  New York Times, May 9, 2011
  Dr. Lisa Croen is interviewed in the New York Times about the new study

• Autism Study Looks at Pregnant Moms
  WBAL TV, Baltimore, March 22, 2011
  Baltimore's NBC affiliate aired a segment featuring an EARLI family and Principal Investigator Dr. Dani Fallin at Johns Hopkins University.

• Autism Study Looks for Answers
  ABC6 News, HealthCheck, WPVI, Philadelphia, May 12, 2010

• Viewpoints: Area Study Will Probe Autism's Causes
  The Sacramento Bee, May 8, 2010
  Dr. Craig J. Newschaffer, professor at the Drexel University School of Public Health, describes the science underway to discover the causes of autism and the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI) which is being conducted at four sites nationally, including Kaiser Permanente Division of Research.

• Interview with Dr. Lisa Croen
  The Director of the Autism Research Program discusses the latest research seeking the causes of autism

• Sound Advice on Autism
  The American Academy of Pediatrics

• UCD, Kaiser join study to seek causes of autism
  The Sacramento Bee, June 10, 2009

• U.C. Davis, Kaiser Launch Autism Study
  KCBS.com, June 10, 2009

• Here's Your Chance to Take Part in Research into Causes of Autism
  About.com, June 9, 2009

• City researchers to take part in autism study
  Baltimore Sun, June 9, 2009

• Autism Study to Follow Pregnant Women
  Wall Street Journal Online, June 9, 2009

• Major U.S. Autism Study Gets Under Way
  US News and World Report Online, 11-16-07

• Major U.S. Autism Study Gets Under Way
  Washington Post (HealthDay News), 11-16-07