Overview

• At an event with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump said the government now urges pregnant women to limit Tylenol to medically necessary situations such as extremely high fever.
• Scientists and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say studies do not show a causal link between prenatal acetaminophen use and autism, and they continue to view it as one of the safest pain and fever options in pregnancy.
• Current U.S. medical guidelines have not been changed, despite the administration’s statements questioning the drug’s safety during pregnancy.
• Reporting citing the Washington Post says the administration plans to study the cancer drug leucovorin as a possible therapy for people with autism.
• Trump also urged delaying the Hepatitis B shot for newborns until age 12, a position that conflicts with medical consensus favoring vaccination on the first day of life to prevent mother-to-child transmission.