US EditionTrump's Paracetamol Warning Rejected
Australian and UK health authorities, supported by multiple large studies, maintain paracetamol is safe during pregnancy and reject claims of a causal link to autism.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump announced a recommendation that pregnant women sharply limit acetaminophen use due to possible links to ADHD and autism.
- The announcement came after Harvard dean Andrea Baccarelli published a paper indicating a correlation, but not a proven cause-and-effect relationship, linking acetaminophen use during pregnancy to developmental disorders in children.
- The FDA acknowledged observational studies indicating such associations but stated no proven causal link exists and emphasized Tylenol’s safety as the main over-the-counter option during pregnancy.
- UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting expressed confidence in medical professionals over President Trump's statements on the matter, while autism advocates criticized the warning as misleading and scientifically unfounded.
- The controversy highlights ongoing scientific debate and concerns that government statements could impact pregnant women's pain management and public trust in vaccines and medication safety.
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Donald Trump walks his own path on autism research. Health experts say claims don't stack up
US President Donald Trump has announced his administration will direct doctors not to recommend paracetamol for pregnant women, claiming it may be linked to autism in children. Australian medical experts have responded, re-confirming that paracetamol is safe for use in pregnancy.
The assault on scientific truth from the U.S. government took a new step this Monday with the spread of a bull by the mouth of President Donald Trump himself. To tuck in his health secretary, the anti-vaccine conspiracyist Robert Kennedy Jr., Trump used the presidency’s pulpit to say that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children. This demeanor without any scientific backing is now the official policy of the federal administr…
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