Overview

• President Trump urged pregnant women to avoid acetaminophen and suggested spacing or delaying some childhood vaccines, despite offering no new scientific evidence.
• The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Autism Science Foundation said current research does not prove a causal link and that treating fever or pain in pregnancy remains important.
• The FDA notes observational associations without established causality, while the European Medicines Agency reports no link found and recommends no change to pregnancy use guidelines.
• Recent large sibling-comparison studies in Sweden and Japan found no association between prenatal acetaminophen exposure and autism after accounting for shared familial factors.
• Experts warn that discouraging acetaminophen could lead to untreated symptoms with known risks, and a Peruvian pharmacy leader urged the Health Ministry to issue a public reassurance.