US EditionObama rebukes Trump’s Tylenol claims: ‘Violence against the truth’
Obama calls Trump’s claim linking Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism 'violence against the truth' amid scientific consensus disproving the association.
- Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump for linking autism to Tylenol use, describing it as 'violence against the truth' during an event in London.
- Obama stated that Trump's claims undermine public health and create anxiety for parents of autistic children, emphasizing they have been disproven.
- Trump announced that the FDA would inform doctors about the supposed connection between Tylenol and autism, urging pregnant women to avoid it.
- Medical experts noted that autism's rise relates more to improved diagnostic tools rather than drug use and condemned Trump's announcement.
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Column: Trump’s partisan bluster swirls around Obama, Gabbard | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Hawaiii-born former President Barack Obama has joined the debate about President Donald Trump’s much-criticized attempt to link autism to acetaminophen use by pregnant women.
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The recent Trump press conference on autism left me feverish. This gathering, featuring figures like director of the NIH, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, and FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, was a masterpiece of scientific common-nonsense, proving that if you try to replace rigor with rhetoric, you end up substituting evidence with anecdotes and outright fabrication. Let us applaud the pharmaceutical advice: pregnant women must "fight like hell not to t…
Last spring, U.S. Minister of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised to find "by September" the causes of autism. That's what he did, he said on September 22, alongside US President Donald Trump, pointing to acetaminophen, or Tylenol, consumed during pregnancy. The Rumour Detector wanted to revise what the research really tells us about the causes of autism. This article is part of the heading of the Rumor Detector, click here for the other texts.
Tylenol link to autism isn't a 'laughable matter': Joe Concha
Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha called it “disturbing” to watch the videos of pregnant women jokingly taking Tylenol online, after the Trump administration linked acetaminophen, including Tylenol, to autism. Fox Business anchor Ashley Webster aired online video clips of pregnant women joking about taking Tylenol during the segment. “I’m not sure where you can actually come down in terms of mentally where you’re going to put up a vi…
NIH Funds New Autism Studies on Genes and Environment as Trump Focuses on Tylenol
The National Institutes of Health is investing $50 million into research on genetic and environmental factors underlying autism—news that was eclipsed by President Donald Trump’s recent controversial claims about acetaminophen
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