Washington: A day after US President Donald Trump urged pregnant women not to take Tylenol — also known as paracetamol — linking it to autism, the World Health Organization (WHO) dismissed such concerns.

“The evidence remains inconsistent,” WHO spokesperson Tarik Jašarević said during a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT

Former WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan, who is herself a paediatrician, went a step forward to state that paracetamol is a proven safe drug, and there is no need to panic about its use by pregnant women.

“I see no proven scientific evidence of linking paracetamol to autism,” Dr Swaminathan said in an interview with NDTV.

Stating that multiple studies have proved the efficacy of paracetamol, Dr Swaminathan suggested using the medicine under a

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