Overview

• At a White House event on Tuesday, President Donald Trump urged pregnant women to avoid acetaminophen, saying it should be used only for high fever.
• The Food and Drug Administration announced authorization of folinic acid, known as Leukoforin, for certain autism-related uses, and the Health Department said it may improve speech in some children but is not a cure.
• FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said research has found associations between Tylenol exposure and conditions such as ADHD and autism, and he cited early trials reporting improvements in about two-thirds of children given folinic acid.
• The warning effort follows a Harvard–Mount Sinai research review that reported a possible link between acetaminophen use in early pregnancy and increased autism risk.
• As part of the broader initiative, the NIH is launching a project to fund 13 research teams on autism causes and treatments, while academic experts urge caution about drawing causal conclusions from current evidence.