Overview

• At a White House Cabinet meeting on Oct. 9, President Donald Trump again urged pregnant women to avoid Tylenol and said newborns should not be given it.
• Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated his assertion about acetaminophen and autism, cited two studies linking early circumcision to higher autism rates, and said the government is “doing the studies to make the proof.”
• A new KFF poll finds only 4% of Americans say the Tylenol–autism claim is definitely true, with wide partisan splits and 59% disapproving of Kennedy’s job performance.
• Major medical groups and global regulators continue to rebut the administration’s assertions, noting evidence is observational and advising that acetaminophen remains an option in pregnancy when clinically appropriate.
• Tylenol maker Kenvue rejected the claim that acetaminophen causes autism, and outside experts criticized the circumcision-related hypothesis as unsupported and methodologically flawed.