Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the makers of Tylenol — Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue — on Tuesday, accusing them of knowingly hiding the drug's supposed links to autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

The lawsuit comes a month after U.S. President Donald Trump said using Tylenol during pregnancy can cause autism in children. Trump is not a medical professional, and his claim is unproven and not backed by scientific evidence.

Johnson & Johnson sold Tylenol for more than six decades before spinning off some of its business into a separate company in 2023 called Kenvue, which now sells the brand-name drug. The pain reliever is known generically as acetaminophen.

Trump links autism and Tylenol during pregnancy, without conclusive evidence

Kenvue has repeatedly

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