Trump attacks Tylenol as officials unveil highly contentious conclusions on autism | Trump administration
The Trump administration, along with the allegation of finding a possible “treatment için for the situation on Monday, produced extremely controversial conclusions about the causes of autism.
After a large -lasted investigation of the leading -on -one -led investigation by the health secretary Robert F Kennedy JR, Donald Trump announced that pregnant women should do. Limit Acetaminofen usesIt is usually marked as Tylenol or Paracetamol in the United States, which claims that it increases the risk of autism when used by pregnant women, and contradicts the internationally discussed and studies by scientists.
Speaking from the White House, besieged by Kennedy, the President said, “He waited 20 years for this meeting, and added:“ Everything was 100% understood or unknown, but I think we took a lot of steps. ”
But he said: “Tylenol is not good… All pregnant women should talk to their doctors about limiting the use of this drug while pregnant.”
Later, he strengthened the interpretation: “Tylenol. No disadvantage.”
In addition, despite the limited evidence of the effects, he mentioned suggestions that vaccines such as measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) should be given in a delayed or smaller doses. And now he spoke about the hepatitis B shot given to newborns as part of national vaccine standards and about possible suggestions to delay the first dose – with limited evidence.
Kennedy announced that the health department and the US Food and Pharmaceutical Administration will work to change the Label of Acetaminofen Risks.
Administrative authorities also announced a plan to more investigating how a possible treatment for autism could exist. LökovorinIt is currently used for cancer and anemia patients.
Trump, often voicing his concern about autism, said that Kennedy and the United States suffer from “epidemics ve and marked Charlie Kirk’s great attempt in Arizona on Sunday.
“We will have one of the biggest announcements tomorrow[s] … Medically, I think, in the history of our country ”. I think you will find incredibly. I think we found an answer to autism. “
According to the Disease Control and Prevention Centers (CDC), the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in one of the eight -year -old age 31 years of age – with recurrent behaviors – in the US in 2022 – was diagnosed in 2022. This is compared with about one in 150 in 2000.
Kennedy, who had previously sold the theory that the situation was caused by vaccines, attributed the rise to “environmental toxins ..
He said he was guilty of focusing on the event on Monday that the national health institutes were almost just political safe and completely fruit -free research on the causes of autism. He said that he was determined to investigate the ideology of the izm an outbreak of autism ”.
He described autism as “a complex situation with a very real ideology”.
Kennedy, who frequently floats the theories, where the increase in the prevalence of the situation is fed by vaccines, said, “Vaccines we are currently studying at the moment,” he said.
However, experts say the increase is mainly due to increasing scanning with the developing definitions of the disorder. They also said that the causes were predominantly dictated by genetics.
Scientists in the United States and the UK reacted to the Tylenol connection as a scheme, British doctors confronted him with the risk of stamping the parents of children with autism.
Alison Singer, the president and founder of the Autism Science Foundation, expressed his allegations about Tylenol, which the administration’s approach – especially “scientific -based”, – a scary criticism.
“Any relationship between Tylenol and Autism is based on very limited, contradictory and inconsistent science, and it is early to risk such unfounded claims and public health weakening.”
“More clearly for families who deserve fundamental information.”
He also questioned the foundation of the White House announcement. Singer, “We are not sure why this press conference was held today. As far as we know, there was no new data, no new work has been published, no new presentation was made. There was no scientific conference or medical conference,” he said.
Speaking on a call organized by Defend America Action, a former medical officer and CDC Deputy Director Debra Hour said to journalists: “Three weeks ago, we have not seen evidence that Acetaminofen was linked to autism, so he wondered how fast it has developed.”
“There are many studies that refute a connection, but most importantly, 2.4 million births, published in 2024 and could not find a relationship between the real sister data and could not find a relationship between paracetamole exposure, was a Swedish work. [known in the US as acetaminophen] Utero and subsequent autism, ADHD or mental disabled, Dur says Durham University Associate Professor of Social and Development Psychology Dr Monicque Botha
“Fear will prevent women from accessing appropriate care during pregnancy.
US medical practitioners also aroused doubt about the default connection with Acetaminofen.
Dan Jernigan, former director of another former CDC career scientist and national developing and zoonotic infectious Diseases Center, criticized Kennedy’s efforts.
“We were all asked to be a part of autism studies and bring them together. [an autism plan]We helped to develop some of them. But then what we see in time [Kennedy] For scientific processes, without considering once again, an increasingly upside down approach, essentially, ‘my way or motorway’. “
Some researchers have also argued that some people with autism have been careful about the hopes of leukovorin, who have been reported to trigger significant improvements in speaking and understanding ability.
Irva Hertz-Picciotto, an epidemiologist and autism expert at the University of California, said Washington Post could lead to loss of confidence in unrealistic expectations.
Orum I worry about everything that comes out of the current administration feels like stained now, ”he said.
Defend Public Health Communication Co -Chair Bruce Mirken, the announcements poured cold water in advance. “Even though we don’t know what to claim today, we know that Kennedy has a story of false expressions about autism and that scientific evidence is not a ‘epidemic of autism’.”
Additional reports by Melody Schreiber and Agencies
