The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
In fact, you know, prenatal exposure to fever and maternal infection are also separate risk factors for autism and other neurodedevelopmental disorders. So, several studies have reported that exposure to maternal infection is associated with an increase in autism risk by 25 to 40% while exposure to maternal fever is typically associated with an even greater risk up to 200% across most analyses.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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