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WHO rejects Trump’s claims of link between Tylenol and autism

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The WHO said previous studies raising alarms about acetaminophen were flawed and have since been discredited Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP

The World Health Organization (WHO) is pushing back against contested claims by the Trump administration that acetaminophen use during pregnancy heightens the risk of autism, further underscoring that no scientific consensus supports such a connection.

“Extensive research, including large-scale studies over the past decade, has found no consistent association,” the agency said in a Wednesday statement.

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