Overview
- During an Asia trip Sunday, President Trump repeated his September all-caps post telling pregnant women to avoid Tylenol, discouraging pediatric use, and urging that MMR and other vaccines be given separately and on a delayed schedule.
- Trump linked to a Daily Caller report that alleges the FDA ignored internal staff recommendations for years to warn about acetaminophen use in pregnancy.
- The FDA has stated that a causal relationship between acetaminophen in pregnancy and autism has not been established, and WHO and European regulators have publicly rejected claims of proven causation.
- Acting CDC director Jim O’Neill has endorsed splitting the MMR vaccine into separate shots despite the lack of research supporting a change to the current schedule.
- Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol, and U.S. obstetrics groups say acetaminophen remains the preferred option for short-term pain or fever in pregnancy and have asked the FDA not to add a warning sought through a recent citizen petition.