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The Trump administration advised pregnant women to avoid Tylenol unless necessary, citing a potential link to autism.
Medicaid will now cover leucovorin as a prescription treatment for autism, a use not widely accepted by the medical community.
Medical groups and Tylenol's manufacturer, Kenvue, dispute the administration's claims, affirming the drug's safety during pregnancy.
The National Institutes of Health will issue new grants to study environmental factors as potential root causes of autism.
(This story has been updated to include additional information.)
President Donald Trump and Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Monday, Sept. 22 that pregnant women should avoid taking Tylenol unless absolutely nece