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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Over the past few years, it has been noted that health policy statements from the White House, in particular those of President Donald Trump, have led to headshakes among health experts. Broad-gauge has now been announced that the cause of autism has been found: paracetamol. Astonishment about such statements is hardly appropriate at the moment. Rather, it is important to critically classify the President's words and vigorously contradict them. …
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NTV KenyaWHO says there is no link between autism and paracetamol use in pregnancy
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between autism and the use of paracetamol during pregnancy. At this time, no consistent association between autism and paracetamol use has been established, the WHO said in a statement. U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday linked autism to childhood vaccine use and the taking of popular pain medication Tylenol by women…
WHO rebukes US president
Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, following comments from the US president and his administration to the contrary. President Donald Trump insisted on Monday that pregnant women should "tough it out" and avoid Tylenol due to an unproven link to autism and also urged major changes to the standard vaccines administered to babies. Medical groups have long cited…
Butler ‘Really Worried’ by Trump Administration’s Comments on Paracetamol, Vaccines
Health Minister Mark Butler says he was worried by comments from the Trump administration that linked paracetamol use in pregnancy to autism in children. Butler said he moved quickly to seek urgent advice from Australia’s medicines regulator to prevent confusion among pregnant women and parents. “I was really worried when those comments first started being reported,” Butler told Channel Nine. “There would be more than 200,000 women in Australia …
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