Experts React To Study Linking Autism And Increased Flu Deaths

A study from the University of Minnesota , recently published in JAMA Network Open , found that autistic beneficiaries of free or low-cost health insurance program Medicaid died at 10.5 times the rate expected in comparison groups. Compared to Medicaid beneficiaries without the condition, autistic recipients’ life expectancy was 5.8 years lower. Flu was the leading cause of this discrepancy. These findings, however, involved people in a healthcare system very unlike the UK’s. So, we asked Profes