"Trump, along with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid chief Dr. Mehmet Oz, said Monday that autism rates are up because pregnant women are taking the medicine that is often used to treat pain and fever. "Taking Tylenol is not good," Trump said during an announcement in which he also discouraged giving the medicine to young children."
"She said it was "a very significant distortion" of what science says about any possible links between acetaminophen and autism. The message "is likely to impact millions of lives of pregnant women right now. Mothers of autistic children who are going to be so fearful that this is what they did to cause their child's autism, which is absolutely not the case," Tager-Flusberg said."
A claim links prenatal acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol) to rising autism rates. The manufacturer, Kenvue, states that independent, sound science shows acetaminophen does not cause autism and expresses concern about potential health risks and confusion for expecting mothers. Autism researchers describe the claim as a significant distortion of scientific evidence and warn it could cause fear and guilt among parents of autistic children. Genetic factors are noted as playing a larger role in autism risk. The claim coincides with debate over the FDA's labeling of leucovorin as a treatment option for autism, prompting further scientific scrutiny.
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