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Trump to announce 'answer to autism' in Sept. 22 speech: How Oregonians can watch
The administration linked prenatal acetaminophen use to autism and announced leucovorin as a potential treatment, while committing $50 million to autism research grants.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump held a White House press conference at 4 p.m. ET with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, presenting a major medical announcement about autism.
- Officials said the administration is citing recent reviews linking acetaminophen to autism, including a literature review published last month in BMC Environmental Health by Harvard and Icahn researchers.
- Medical groups and researchers warned the evidence is unsettled and contested, saying claims linking acetaminophen to autism have been repeatedly discredited and no clear link exists.
- The National Institutes of Health committed $50 million to 13 research projects, the Food and Drug Administration will update acetaminophen labeling and notify physicians, and Medicaid will cover leucovorin for autism.
- Researchers cautioned that the evidence remains unsettled, while President Donald Trump said, `It’s not that everything is 100% understood or known, but I think we’ve made a lot of strides`.
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President Trump Makes an Announcement on Autism with HHS Secretary RFK Jr - 4:00pm ET Livestream - The Last Refuge
President Donald Trump is scheduled to make an announcement on autism. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised earlier this year to determine the cause of autism by September, scientists have been doing research for years. President Trump and Robert F Kennedy Jr will be delivering remarks from the White House momentarily, around 4:00pm ET. […] The post President Trump Makes an Announcement on Autism with HHS Secretary RFK Jr – 4:00pm ET Liv…
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