World health officials reject Trump’s claims that Tylenol is linked to autism

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Packages of Tylenol are displayed on a shelf at a CVS store on September 22, 2025 in Greenbrae, California. The Trump administration linked use of the painkiller acetaminophen during pregnancy to autism in a White House press conference Monday. (Justin Sullivan | Getty Images)Health officials around the globe are rejecting President Trump’s assertion that pregnant women should avoid taking acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, during pregnancy because of unfounded links to autism. “Available evidence has found no link between the use of paracetamol during pregnancy and autism,” the European Medicines Agency, Europe’s top drug regulator, said in a statement. “Untreated pain and fever can pose risks to the unborn baby,” Alison Cave, chief safety officer at the MHRA, the U.K.’s top drug regulator, said in a statement.