Overview

• During the meeting, President Donald Trump told pregnant women not to take Tylenol and said newborns should not receive it.
• Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed two studies show early circumcision doubles autism risk and suggested postoperative Tylenol as the reason.
• Independent researchers rejected the claims, and medical groups advise cautious acetaminophen use in pregnancy for pain or fever, with a rigorous JAMA analysis finding no link to autism.
• Experts said the often-cited 2015 Danish circumcision paper is riddled with methodological flaws, echoing critiques raised when it was published.
• The pair also repeated claims about vaccines, and a Kaiser Family Foundation poll reported trust in CDC vaccine information has fallen to 50% from 63% a year earlier.