Overview

• Politico reports the White House plans to advise that pregnant patients use paracetamol only for high fever, with an announcement expected Monday.
• President Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. assert a link between prenatal Tylenol use and autism, challenging prevailing medical guidance.
• U.S. researchers and doctors have criticized Kennedy’s medical stances and stress that existing evidence shows associations rather than proven causation.
• A recent pooled review of 46 studies reported observational links to autism and ADHD and urged limited, supervised use in pregnancy.
• The administration also plans to study leucovorin as a potential autism therapy, according to the Washington Post, as Trump elevates autism as a policy priority.