Articles by Ethan Webb
What a Massive Study on Heartburn Medication Reveals About Prenatal Risk Research
The study, published in JAMA on January 7, 2026, followed more than 2.7 million mother-child pairs and found no evidence…
The Goldilocks Problem: New Research Isn’t So Clear-Cut on Social Media’s Effects on Adolescents
New research, which followed 100,991 adolescents over three years, found that the relationship between social media use and well-being is…
Private Equity Acquired Nearly 600 Autism Therapy Sites in a Decade, Study Finds
New JAMA Pediatrics research tracks the rapid expansion of PE-backed ABA providers and where they chose to set up shop.
North Carolina Wants to Break the ABA Industry’s Diagnosis-to-Treatment Pipeline
A proposed self-referral ban would force providers to choose: diagnose autism patients or treat them—but not both.
A Master’s Degree in One Month: The BACB Tightens Certification Standards as Competency-Based Programs Test the Limits
Faced with applicants completing graduate degrees in weeks, the behavior-analyst certification board draws a line—and confronts deeper questions about what…