ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Health officials across Monroe County are weighing in after President Donald Trump blasted Tylenol earlier this week, promoting unproven links between the pain reliever and autism and pushing the well-established treatment into another national image crisis.

In a statement released Tuesday, Monroe County Commissioner of Public Health Dr. Marielena Velez de Brown, Rochester Regional Health Chief Medial Officer Dr. Robert Mayo, and University of Rochester Medical Center Chief Medical Officer Dr. Michael Apostolakos, said the three healthcare providers are uniting to respond to the claims.

"Scientific evidence, including a 2024 study of nearly 2.5 million patients published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), does not support a causal link bet

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