""Don't take Tylenol," Donald Trump said in a White House briefing. "Don't take it. Fight like hell not to take it." He also announced that the Food and Drug Administration would be telling doctors to warn women about alleged autism risks tied to acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, and questioned the standard childhood vaccination schedule, arguing that it was "too much liquid" to be injecting into infants."
"Much of this seems to be coming from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose department will also be conducting research into the root causes of autism-an effort that will spend millions of taxpayer dollars not just on legitimate areas of inquiry like environmental and genetic factors, but on those that have been extensively researched and repeatedly debunked, like vaccines."
President Donald Trump advised pregnant women to avoid acetaminophen, saying "Don't take Tylenol" and urging they "fight like hell not to take it," while questioning the childhood vaccination schedule. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is directing research into autism causes, allocating funds to legitimate inquiries like environmental and genetic factors and to repeatedly debunked claims such as vaccine links. Scientific evidence does not support a causal link between prenatal acetaminophen and autism; a major study's correlation disappeared after accounting for genetics. Acetaminophen is the only painkiller approved in pregnancy, and avoiding it can expose women and fetuses to harm from untreated fever or pain.
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