"In fact a major study was done back in 2024 in Sweden, involving 2.4 million children, and it did not uphold those claims. So I would just say to people watching: don't pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine. In fact, don't even take my word for it as a politician. Listen to British doctors, British scientists, the NHS."
"The incessant misinformation about autism from President Trump and Robert F Kennedy Jr risks undermining decades of research by respected experts in the field, said Mel Merritt, the charity's head of policy and campaigns."
No evidence links paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism in children. A major 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million children found no support for such a link. Pregnant women are advised to rely on medical science and follow guidance from British doctors, scientists and the NHS. Claims that paracetamol caused a meteoric rise in autism prompted proposed US labels linking Tylenol to an alleged higher autism risk. The National Autistic Society warned that incessant misinformation about autism risks undermining decades of research and that autistic people may be dismayed and frightened, urging government and health services to provide support.
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