When unsupported health claims spread, they can quickly have real impacts on people’s health.
A recent example involving Tylenol and autism shows how fast that can happen.
Swipe to learn what the evidence actually says. 👉
This post was made in collaboration with @pwhrcanada and @grossesseensante
Sources
- Changes in paracetamol and leucovorin use after a White House briefing | The Lancet | March 2026
- Tylenol orders in pregnant people plummeted after Trump falsely linked the medicine to autism | Scientific American | March 2026
- Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows | Scientific American | September 2025
- Have a fever while pregnant? Here’s what to know and how to treat it | BabyCenter | January 2026
- Upcoming HHS report will link autism to common pain reliever, folate deficiency in pregnancy, Wall Street Journal reports | CNN | September 2025
- Tylenol has entered the chat: RFK Jr. wants to link it to autism, even though the best evidence says otherwise. | Inside Medicine | September 2025
- Evaluation of the evidence on acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders using the Navigation Guide methodology | Environmental Health | Springer Nature Link | September 2021
- Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability | JAMA | April 2024
- FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA has reviewed possible risks of pain medicine use during pregnancy | U.S. Food & Drug Administration | 2016
- Prenatal acetaminophen use and outcomes in children | American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology | March 2017
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