Scientific groups and medical organizations are responding to Trump’s new claim that tylenol, a medicine widely used among people all around the world, is linked to a mental disorder: Autism.
He has stated that the use of acetaminophen, the main ingredient in tylenol, could possibly be linked to autism when used during pregnancy.
Trump’s administration goes on to make his claim despite not having sufficient evidence to back it up.
Donald Trump asserted that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will notify physicians to recommend limited use of tylenol to women during pregnancy, unless necessary. He also said that he would update the label for acetaminophen when enlightened further about this possible association between the drug and autism.
Additionally, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the Health and Human Services Secretary, has also claimed that the childhood vaccine schedule could also be linked to autism, and could possibly be a cause of it, although this goes against other research that has found no link between them.
Many scientist groups are refuting their claims, saying that tylenol is completely safe for pregnant women, and that childhood vaccines are safe, and will not, in any way, cause autism or any other mental disorders. They emphasized how many years of research have indicated that there is no link between the two.
They argue how tylenol and acetaminophen is one of the few resources that women who are pregnant have available to them to treat pain and fever.
Another group, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine said that tylenol is an appropriate drug for pregnant women, and that it is also dangerous if the women’s pain and fevers are left untreated.
The other thing that Trump mentioned during his interview: the vaccines. The claims he made about them were quite questionable. He proposed an idea that Amish children do not get vaccines and do not have autism, even though studies have found that some Amish children do have autism.
Some pediatric groups described Trump’s claims as “dangerous” and “confusing”, as this could lead to parents and women being indecisive, anxious, and disturbed by what Trump and his administration is asserting to be true.
Trump also implied during his interview on September 22nd, 2025, that young children’s immune systems get overwhelmed by the amount of vaccines and medicines that are injected into their bodies at such a young age.
However, there is other research to go against this. There is research that includes the fact that children’s immune systems do not get weakened, and they do not become more susceptible to diseases when injected with the vaccines. In fact, it is said by The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), that children’s immune systems perform better after given the vaccines.
Trump’s claims about these drugs and medicines have aroused confusion and conflict about the truth of them. And have also aroused the question about whether people should continue to use tylenol, acetaminophen, and the vaccines, or just avoid them in order to reduce a possible risk of autism in themselves or in their children.