US EditionUK health officials push back on US president's claim paracetamol is linked to autism
- On Monday, President Donald Trump used a White House news conference to promote unproven links among Tylenol, vaccines, and autism while urging pregnant women to avoid Tylenol.
- The announcement followed longstanding, debunked claims pushed by Trump and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid renewed government efforts to study autism causes.
- Trump repeatedly told pregnant women not to take Tylenol and suggested delaying some vaccines, while medical experts and obstetrician groups condemned his advice as unsupported and unsafe.
- Arthur Caplan called the event a "saddest display of a lack of evidence" with "dangerous advice," and the Tylenol maker Kenvue stated no proven link exists between acetaminophen and autism.
- The controversy highlights ongoing tensions between Trump’s public statements and scientific consensus, while health officials continue exploring autism’s complex causes without new definitive findings.
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Heartstopper star slams Trump's claim that paracetamol linked to autism
Heartstopper star Bradley Riches has slammed US president Donald Trump’s claim that paracetamol is linked to autism. Riches, who previously opened up to PinkNews about finding love and the difficulties he has experienced dating as an autistic person, has spoke out about Trump’s claim that use of Tylenol – also known as paracetamol – during pregnancy is linked to autism among children. Trump claimed on Monday (22 September) that the medication…
By Lauren Kent, CNN The reaction has been quick and forceful after U.S. President Donald Trump blamed — with no solid evidence — acetaminophen and certain vaccines to provoke autism in children. “Don’t pay any attention to what Donald Trump says about medicine. In fact, don’t even believe me, as a politician: listen to British doctors and scientists,” said UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting in a televised interview Tuesday. “I trust doctors more …
Wes Streeting brutally slaps down Donald Trump and urges Britons to 'ignore whatever he says'
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has urged the public not to pay "any attention whatsoever" to Donald Trump’s claims of finding a link between taking paracetamol in pregnancy and autism
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