"Many doctors and scientists were reeling Monday after President Donald Trump went on TV to insist that pregnant women should never take Tylenol and revive debunked theories about vaccines and autism. Trump went beyond his own Food and Drug Administration's more modest advice that doctors "should consider minimizing" the painkiller acetaminophen's use in pregnancy - amid inconclusive evidence about whether too much could be linked to autism."
""I don't want you going back and looking and saying to yourself, 'I shouldn't have done this, I shouldn't have done that.' It's nothing you did. It really is not," he said. "Not treating the fever probably has more adverse effects that you need to worry about than taking the medication.""
""studies have repeatedly found no credible link between life-saving childhood vaccines and autism," said American Academy of Pediatrics president Dr. Susan Kressly. "Any effort to misrepresent sound, strong science poses a threat to the health of children.""
President Donald Trump told viewers that pregnant women should never take Tylenol and suggested links between vaccines and autism, prompting alarm among doctors and scientists. The Food and Drug Administration offered more modest guidance that doctors "should consider minimizing" acetaminophen use in pregnancy amid inconclusive evidence about a potential autism link. Medical leaders warned that such claims could terrify expectant mothers and parents, and emphasized that untreated fever may pose greater risks than taking acetaminophen. The American Academy of Pediatrics stated that studies find no credible vaccine-autism link. The administration moved to expand access to an unproven autism treatment and announced additional research.
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