‘It is among the most alarming public health developments in history.’President Donald Trump has officially pushed the unproven claim that paracetamol and vaccines are linked to autism. Trump urged pregnant women not to take Tylenol, or paracetamol as it is known in the UK, unless they have high fevers that they can’t ‘tough out’. Speaking from the Roosevelt Room of the White House last night, Trump said that the ‘meteoric rise’ of autism is a ‘horrible, horrible crisis’. “When you have your baby, don’t give your baby Tylenol unless it’s absolutely neccessary,” he said. A large study which was carried out in 2024 found no evidence of a link between using paracetamol while pregnant and an increased risk of autism in children.