Trump administration set to tie Tylenol to autism risk, officials say

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Officials will also tout the drug leucovorin as a potential autism treatment, in what President Donald Trump has billed as a “very important” announcement.

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Here we go... Ugh.

Reality:
1) No evidence to support (and evidence that counters) this take.

2) "Increase" in autism largely about reporting, awareness, & diagnosis (obviously).

Trump administration set to tie Tylenol to autism risk, officials say www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

— Timothy Caulfield (@caulfieldtim.bsky.social) 2025-09-21T20:05:56.778Z

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09/21/trump-autism-announcement-tylenol-leucovorin/

The Trump administration is expected to unveil new efforts Monday exploring how one medication may be linked to autism and another one can treat it, according to four people with knowledge of the plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the announcement was not yet public.

Federal health officials are expected to raise concerns about pregnant women’s use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and one of the most widely used medications globally. Officials have been reviewing previous research — including an August review by Mount Sinai and Harvard researchers — that suggests a possible link between Tylenol use early on in pregnancy and an increased risk of autism in children. They plan to warn pregnant women against using Tylenol early on unless they have a fever, according to the four individuals......

Since Kennedy became the nation’s top health official, there has been speculation that his agency would link autism to vaccines, a connection Kennedy has referenced regularly despite decades of scientific studies debunking the theory.

Under Kennedy’s leadership, HHS hired David Geier, a proponent of a connection between immunization and autism whose research has come under intense scrutiny, to conduct a government study on whether they are linked. Geier and his father, Mark Geier, have published papers claiming vaccines increase the risk of autism, a theory that has been studied for decades and scientifically debunked.

Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by difficulties in social and communication skills, and repetitive behaviors, which has been diagnosed at higher rates among U.S. children in recent decades. One in 31 8-year-olds had autism in U.S. communities examined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, compared with about 1 in 150 children in 2000.

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1. Bobby Jr.'s trial lawyer friends will just love that, he just opened the floodgates to a bunch of Tylenol suits.

[CincyDem]

2. Guess J&J refused to pay the grift tax.

[markodochartaigh]

3. There is absolutely a need for most pregnant women to take folic acid in pregnancy.

And maybe one third of the population has a genetic mutation, MTHFR C6776T, which affects folate metabolism. Pregnant women and others supplementing with folic acid should ask their doctor if they need a different form of folic acid.

It is unfortunate that real people with real medical issues may have their real medical needs mixed up with the half-truths and lies promulgated at the Bobby Jr School of Batshit and Bizarre Behavior.

(Apologies to bat shit, bat guano, the valuable excretory product of our tiny-eyed friends.)



https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11930790/

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4. EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. RFK Junior is brain dead, and he is going to kill millions of us starting this winter

[Bayard]

6. There is no doubt the worm is in control of Kennedy's brain

[Johonny]

7. RFK about to tell parents to use Asprin for

Childhood fevers isn't he?

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8. I trust Dr. Gupta over RFK JR

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[spanone]

9. I trust my Chihuahua over rfk jr.

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10. How convenient for Dr. Oz to announce this need for leucovorin when a company he owns makes it.

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