{"id":253987,"date":"2026-01-20T09:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/253987\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:19:06","slug":"study-debunks-trump-claims-shows-no-link-between-acetaminophen-and-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/253987\/","title":{"rendered":"Study debunks Trump claims, shows no link between acetaminophen and autism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of a White House press conference on autism in September, Donald Trump made a deliberate effort to hype the information he said he was eager to share. The president boasted<\/a> the week before the event that he was poised to deliver an announcement that was \u201cvery, very big.\u201d A day later, he added<\/a> that the information he was ready to share was \u201cso big.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those who tuned in to the White House announcement, however, quickly learned otherwise<\/a>. Trump, standing alongside Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., instead stood at a podium and said, \u201cDon\u2019t take Tylenol\u201d \u2014 11 times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paul Offit, a pediatrician and vaccine researcher at the Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia, told The Washington Post<\/a> after the event, \u201cThat was the most dangerously irresponsible press conference in the realm of public health in American history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Undeterred, the president kept going in the weeks and months that followed, publishing an online screed<\/a> to his social media platform two weeks ago that began, \u201cPREGNANT WOMEN, DON\u2019T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON\u2019T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON.\u201d<\/p>\n

It remains a mystery<\/a> why Mr. \u201cInject Disinfectants<\/a>\u201d believes that he has the credibility and expertise needed to give Americans guidance on matters of public health, but for those interested in evidence, The New York Times reported<\/a> over the weekend:<\/p>\n

A scientific review of 43 studies on acetaminophen use during pregnancy concluded that there was no evidence that the painkiller increased the risk of autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders.<\/p>\n

\u2018We found no clinically important increase in the risk of autism, A.D.H.D. or intellectual disability,\u2019 Dr. Asma Khalil, a professor of obstetrics and maternal fetal medicine at St. George\u2019s Hospital, University of London, and the lead author of the report, said at a news briefing. The study was published on Friday in the British medical journal The Lancet.<\/p>\n

Khalil added that acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, remains \u201cthe first-line treatment that we would recommend if the pregnant women have pain or fever in pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Confronted with this scientific research, the White House had little choice but to acknowledge reality.<\/p>\n

No, I\u2019m just kidding. Trump and his team, at least so far, have ignored the latest findings, which dovetail with other recent research on the same subject.<\/p>\n

The next time the president starts offering advice on over-the-counter pain treatments, however, keep this in mind.<\/p>\n

This post updates our related earlier coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The post Study debunks Trump claims, shows no link between acetaminophen and autism<\/a> appeared first on MS NOW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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