US Warns Against Tylenol Use, Citing Unproven Link to Autism (4)

Sept. 23, 2025, 1:34 PM UTC

The Trump administration linked Tylenol to autism and urged pregnant women to avoid the common pain medication despite the lack of widely accepted scientific evidence supporting the risk.

“So taking Tylenol is not good — I’ll say it — it’s not good. For this reason, they are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary,” President Donald Trump said Monday at a White House event alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his health secretary.

The administration also said it has initiated approval of leucovorin calcium tablets as a new treatment for a condition associated with autism. ...

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