Donald Trump’s bombshell claims that over-the-counter painkillers such as Tylenol can cause autism in newborn babies have been immediately debunked by nearly every major government and health organization.
From the World Health Organization to national governments far and near, the message was clear.
“Don’t pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine,” U.K. Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced on Tuesday.
“There is no evidence to link the use of [Tylenol] by pregnant women to autism in their children. None. In fact, a major study was done back in 2024 in Sweden, involving 2.4 million children, and it did not uphold those claims.”
His words were echoed by the European Medicines Agency, which said that following “rigorous assessment of the available scientif