Overview

• At a White House health event, President Trump said the FDA would issue guidance notifying physicians that prenatal acetaminophen use can be associated with autism.
• Barack Obama criticized the focus on Tylenol and autism as “violence against the truth,” saying such claims have been repeatedly disproved.
• Connecticut’s health commissioner and Yale obstetrics leaders said studies show associations but not a causal link, and they called acetaminophen the safest option for pain or fever in pregnancy at recommended doses.
• Parents interviewed on Long Island voiced mixed reactions, with some welcoming more research attention and others rejecting the message that pregnant women should try to “tough it out.”
• Social media protest videos showing women taking Tylenol were reported, and a nurse described an anecdotal emergency involving a pregnant woman’s overdose.