{"id":247716,"date":"2025-09-23T01:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247716\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:52:09","slug":"trump-announces-fda-will-change-tylenol-safety-label-urges-pregnant-mothers-to-prevent-autism-risk-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247716\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces FDA will change Tylenol safety label, urges pregnant mothers to prevent autism risk in children"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump urged pregnant women Monday to stop taking Tylenol<\/a>, saying studies have shown that taking the common painkiller is associated with autism in children. <\/p>\n

\u201cWith Tylenol, don\u2019t take it! Don\u2019t take it,\u201d Trump told reporters from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in which he gave his opinion about pregnancy, women\u2019s health, vaccinations, drug safety and autism.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIdeally, you don\u2019t take it all, but if you have to, if you can\u2019t tough it out, if there\u2019s a problem, you\u2019re going to end up doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump said that the only time pregnant women should take Tylenol, a common form of acetaminophen, is during a high-risk fever.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump (R), accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (C) and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, delivers an announcement on significant medical and scientific findings for America\u2019s children in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on September 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The new recommendation is at odds with physician groups, who say the drug \u2014 which has been on the market for 70 years \u2014 is safe. More than 50% of women report taking the drug during pregnancy, because it has long been regarded as the safest analgesic.<\/p>\n

However, the Trump administration is pointing to a growing body of research that suggests a connection between autism in children and the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy. <\/p>\n

In particular, a Mount Sinai and Harvard University study published in August reviewed the existing literature and concluded that a large majority of studies on the topic found autism diagnosis was more likely for expectant mothers who took acetaminophen.<\/p>\n

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is also recommending children who are exhibiting signs of autism take leucovorin, which helps correct folate deficiencies. Low levels of folate in pregnant mothers have been associated with neurological disorders in children, some studies show.<\/p>\n

While not a cure, HHS said the drug may lead to speech improvements for children with autism.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The FDA <\/a>will be updating the label on acetaminophen to relay the risk in pregnancy and will be sending out a letter to all doctors with the warning.<\/p>\n

Box of Tylenol Extra Strength with Acetaminophen. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The agency <\/a>will be notifying physicians against the use of acetaminophen \u201ceffective immediately,\u201d Trump said, noting that kids should also not be given the drug.<\/p>\n

Kenvue, the manufacturer of Tylenol, disputed the president\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe facts are that over a decade of rigorous research, endorsed by leading medical professionals and global health regulators, confirms there is no credible evidence linking acetaminophen to autism,\u201d a Kenvue spokesperson said in a statement. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe stand with the many public health and medical professionals who have reviewed this science and agree. We will continue to explore all options to protect the health interests of American women and children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u00a0had\u00a0called on\u00a0the US Department of\u00a0Health and Human Services<\/a>, led by\u00a0Secretary\u00a0Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>.,\u00a0and some of its subagencies\u00a0to look into the causes of autism in the US, which he said is \u201camong the most alarming public health developments in history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rates of autism have risen 400% since 2000 and 1 in 31 American\u00a0children are now affected.<\/p>\n

Boxes of Tylenol, which contain acetaminophen, on shelves in a CVS store. Getty Images<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. AP<\/p>\n

Kenvue, the manufacturer of Tylenol, disagreed with the president\u2019s announcement of the findings pointing to a correlation between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The White House cited data from studies showing there is \u201cconsistent associations between acetaminophen in pregnancy and autism\u201d from researchers at Johns Hopkins known as the Boston Birth Cohort. The Nurses Health Study, with researchers from Yale, Columbia and Harvard Universities, looked at 9,000 kids and found that there is an association between acetaminophen and neurodevelopmental disorders, the White House said.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) also announced the launch of the Autism Data Science Initiative, a $50 million research effort that will draw on 13 projects and analyze data on autism, including potential causes like diet, air pollutants and psychological stress.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Autism Data Science Initiative will unite powerful datasets in ways never before possible,\u201d said NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. \u201cBy bringing together genetics, biology, and environmental exposures, we are opening the door to breakthroughs that will deepen our understanding of autism and improve lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

HHS also released a statement with a caveat that a causal relationship has not been established.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to note that while an association between acetaminophen and neurological conditions has been described in many studies, a causal relationship has not been established and there are contrary studies in the scientific literature,\u201d the HHS statement read.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump also encouraged parents to spread out the time period over which their child takes all vaccines on the federal schedule, while noting he wasn\u2019t \u201ca doctor, but I\u2019m giving my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump announced the Food and Drug Administration will change the labels on bottles of Tylenol. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Trump also encouraged parents to spread out the time period over which their child takes all vaccines on the federal schedule, while noting he wasn\u2019t \u201ca doctor, but I\u2019m giving my opinion.\u201d REUTERS<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have a little child, little fragile child, and you get a vat of 80 different vaccines, I guess, 80 different blends, and they pump it in. So ideally, a woman won\u2019t take Tylenol, and on the vaccines, it would be good instead of one visit where they pump the baby, you load it up with stuff, you do it over a period of four times or five times,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump specifically said the Hepatitis\u00a0B vaccine should not be administered to children until they are 12, and that vaccines should be \u201cspread out\u201d in various visits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The president also pointed to the Amish population having lower rates of autism and chronic disease, something he attributed potentially to their lower use of vaccines and painkillers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have a little child, little fragile child, and you get a vat of 80 different vaccines, I guess, 80 different blends, and they pump it in. So ideally, a woman won\u2019t take Tylenol, and on the vaccines, it would be good instead of one visit where they pump the baby, you load it up with stuff, you do it over a period of four times or five times,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump urged pregnant women Monday to stop taking Tylenol, saying studies have shown that taking…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":247717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[824,69,210,1060,80,15010,67,132,68,1154],"class_list":{"0":"post-247716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-autism","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-medication","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-us-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115251114497691439","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}