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Trump Administration Set to Announce Possible Link Between Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Autism
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Trump Administration Set to Announce Possible Link Between Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Autism (Photo: Colin/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 2.0 )The Trump administration is preparing to issue a first-of-its-kind federal warning that pregnant women's use of Tylenol may be linked to autism in children, a move expected to ignite an intense debate among medical professionals, drugmakers and parents.
The announcement is set for Monday and will advise women to use acetaminophen, the generic name for Tylenol, only for high fevers, according to two senior administration officials.
Shares of Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol, dropped earlier this month when The Wall Street Journal reported that HHS planned to link acetaminophen to autism in a forthcoming report.
Kenvue CEO Kirk Perry met with Kennedy earlier this month in an attempt to dissuade him from naming Tylenol as a possible cause of autism, the Journal reported.
Tylenol has also added a section to its website stressing there is "no proven link between taking acetaminophen and autism."
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