We’ll admit we didn’t see this coming: President Trump advising pregnant women against using one of the most ubiquitous over-the-counter medicines in America. That’s what happened Monday when Mr. Trump joined his health advisers in linking acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, to autism. What’s going on here has less to do with healthcare than…
Health experts from around the globe are joining the chorus of doctors and organizations pushing back against the Trump administration’s announcement Monday linking the use of acetaminophen — the active ingredient in Tylenol and many cold and flu medications — during pregnancy to an increased risk of autism in children. “Effective immediately, the FDA will be…
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President Donald Trump apparently did not prepare for his major declaration linking autism to one of the world’s most common over-the-counter pain relievers. The president announced on Monday that the administration had found links between autism and pregnant women’s use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol. However, the 79-year-old president collided head-on with the…
Ahead of an expected announcement from the Trump administration that Tylenol use in pregnancy is linked to an increased risk of autism in children, the drugmaker and medical experts are pushing back on the claims. According to a report from the Washington Post, officials on Monday plan to tie autism to acetaminophen, the active ingredient…
On February 13, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order establishing the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, chaired by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The order directs the commission to study “the childhood chronic disease crisis,” explicitly citing autism spectrum disorder. According to the executive order, “ASD…
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce that the use of Tylenol by pregnant women may be linked to autism in children, according to a report Friday in the Wall Street Journal — which the Department of Health and Human Services said was “speculation.” This comes after Kennedy said in April that HHS…
How a father’s persistence unlocked his son’s brilliance – CBS News Watch CBS News Viraj Dhanda, a nonspeaking Massachusetts teen with autism, spent the first 14 years of his life trying to learn the basics, until his father suddenly unlocked his brilliance with the help of Viraj’s right thumb. Now, he’s headed to MIT, one…