{"id":153601,"date":"2025-09-22T18:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/153601\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T18:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:32:08","slug":"white-house-says-trump-wants-answers-on-autism-increase-as-he-is-ready-to-announce-tylenol-link-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/153601\/","title":{"rendered":"White House says Trump wants \u2018answers\u2019 on autism increase as he is ready to announce Tylenol link: Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Why are autism diagnoses increasing?<\/p>\n

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently found that 1 in 31 8-year-old children was identified with autism in the 16 communities the agency had studied.<\/p>\n

That marks a roughly 10 to 20 percent increase every two years within the last 20 years.<\/p>\n

There have also been widely successful public health programs, including more wellness visits and screenings with infants as well as more awareness of the condition among parents and physicians.<\/p>\n

Alex Woodward22 September 2025 18:51<\/p>\n

<\/a>White House won’t share data behind autism announcement, for now<\/p>\n

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt would not say whether the administration is relying on new data about Tylenol use ahead of today\u2019s announcement when faced with questions about whether Trump\u2019s actions have the \u201cpotential to confuse pregnant women.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think women for many years, in fact for decades, have been confused by the rapid increase in autism in this country,\u201d he said, calling autism a \u201cchronic disease epidemic plaguing\u201d the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want answers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Alex Woodward22 September 2025 18:36<\/p>\n

<\/a>Trump to address ‘childhood autism epidemic,’ White House says<\/p>\n

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday that Trump will be addressing the \u201cchildhood autism epidemic\u201d in remarks later today, following reports that the president intends to link Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism.<\/p>\n

She called today\u2019s event a \u201cpowerful display\u201d of how the administration is \u201cchampioning gold-standard science.\u201d<\/p>\n

Major health groups including the Food and Drug Administration, the European Medicines Agency and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, among others, have not found such evidence.<\/p>\n

Maternal-fetal medicine experts have also argued that existing guidance already tells pregnant women to speak with their physicians and use Tylenol and other drugs sparingly.<\/p>\n

\"\"(REUTERS)<\/p>\n

Alex Woodward22 September 2025 18:33<\/p>\n

<\/a>Watch live: Karoline Leavitt holds a briefing<\/p>\n

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is holding a briefing at 1 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Alex Woodward22 September 2025 18:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Trump reportedly thinks RFK Jr is the key to win the midterms \u2014 by getting MAHA moms on their side<\/p>\n

Trump reportedly views RFK Jr. and his passionate following among so-called Make American Healthy Again moms as a key asset in the 2026 midterms, betting that support for his health priorities will outweigh those alarmed by his efforts to scale back vaccine access.<\/p>\n

Josh Marcus22 September 2025 17:05<\/p>\n

<\/a>University funding is shrinking under Trump\u2019s White House. Researchers fear this will propel RFK Jr\u2019s autism conspiracies<\/p>\n

RFK and Trump have long espoused the idea that an artificial external factor, such as vaccines or the environment, has played a role in the increase in autism diagnoses since the 1990s.<\/p>\n

But autism researchers at many of the nation’s top universities have noted that the administration’s efforts to shrink the federal budget while pushing vaccine skepticism have led to the freezing of federal grants that researchers hoped to use to better understand the developmental disability, a condition that still carries stigma.<\/p>\n

Eric Garcia22 September 2025 17:01<\/p>\n

<\/a>Trump administration slammed by scientists for claiming Tylenol use in pregnancy causes autism<\/p>\n

UK experts have condemned \u201cfearmongering\u201d in the United States following reports surrounding an upcoming announcement from the Trump administration linking Tylenol use in pregnancy and autism.<\/p>\n

Jane Kirby22 September 2025 16:27<\/p>\n

<\/a>What does the research say?<\/p>\n

Researchers at Harvard\u2019s T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai recently determined that children may be more likely to develop neurodevelopmental disorders including autism and ADHD if exposed to acetaminophen during pregnancy.<\/p>\n

But experts and the researchers who conducted the review \u2014 which has been swept up in RFK\u2019s crusade \u2014 have cautioned that the study does not prove a causal link, and that use of the drug does not \u201ccause\u201d autism.<\/p>\n

Another study published in Sweden last year which reviewed more than 2.5 million children \u201cfound no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children\u2019s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIDK who may need to hear this, but middle school science taught us correlation \u2260 causation,\u201d wrote Trump\u2019s former surgeon general Jerome Adams. \u201cAs we assess RFK’s expected announcement on autism [and] Tylenol today, remember: acetaminophen use during pregnancy may align with autism diagnoses, but that doesn\u2019t prove cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cFor a claim like Tylenol causing autism, we need a plausible biological mechanism and robust evidence. Illness during pregnancy, parental age, genetics, or environmental factors are all more likely culprits. Science demands we dig deeper before pointing fingers [and] scaring moms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex Woodward22 September 2025 16:22<\/p>\n

<\/a>Linking Tylenol to autism is ‘reckless,’ experts say<\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s interpretation of decades of data and research finding no link between autism and Tylenol use during pregnancy is reckless and anti-science, according to health experts who closely study autism.<\/p>\n

Hosting an \u201dentire press conference just on Tylenol would be reckless in my opinion without additional info,\u201d Dr. Peter Jay Hotez, Dean of Baylor College of Medicine’s National School of Tropical Medicine and a professor in the Departments of Molecular Virology & Microbiology and Pediatrics.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course that\u2019s what MAHA is: Reckless. Also not deep thinking in terms of science,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThey tend to veer towards magical thinking like a child.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Vin Gupta with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation called the announcement \u201canother example of this admin cherry picking data from years ago, ignoring the best research, and then claiming they are white knights.\u201d<\/p>\n

RFK Jr. is \u201ctaking half truths or low quality data\u201d and \u201ccommitting precious resources in a faux attempt at transparency\u201d to search for debunked answers to back up their spurious agenda, he told NBC.<\/p>\n

Kennedy had previously similarly targeted fluoride and COVID-19 vaccines \u2014 and now appears to be doing so with Tylenol, Gupta said.<\/p>\n

Autism can be linked to environmental risk factors, like exposure to air pollution, as well as maternal health, but Kenndy is \u201clooking at poor data and making a mountain out of a molehill.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex Woodward22 September 2025 15:58<\/p>\n

<\/a>Major medical groups reaffirm Tylenol safety during pregnancy after dubious Trump administration plans<\/p>\n

Following news earlier this month that the Trump administration was preparing to announce a causal link between Tylenol and autism, major medical groups reinforced studies that have found use of acetaminophen during pregnancy remains a safe way to treat pain and fever.<\/p>\n

Several studies have determined acetaminophen is a safe way to treat pain and fever when used in moderation.<\/p>\n

\u201cPregnant patients should not be frightened away from the many benefits of acetaminophen, which is safe and one of the few options pregnant people have for pain relief,\u201d according to Dr. Christopher Zahn, chief of clinical practice with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.<\/p>\n

Obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Salena Zanotti told Cleveland Clinic earlier this year that acetaminophen is considered the safest drug to take during pregnancy for fever and pain.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re pregnant, it\u2019s riskier to have an untreated fever than it is to take acetaminophen,\u201d Zanotti said.<\/p>\n

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