What is Tylenol? Why did Trump link it to autism?
Once again, the president has made dangerous comments regarding the health of the nation.


Perhaps putting a man who doesn’t believe in vaccines in charge of ‘making America healthy again’ wasn’t the smartest move you could have done, Donald.
Or what about the time you told people to inject bleach to get rid of COVID?
Now, doctors in the US will be advised not to prescribe the pain reliever Tylenol to pregnant women, after Trump’s frankly disastrous announcement linking the drug to autism.
⚠️TYLENOL & AUTISM—RFK Jr and Trump are wrong—the largest & best study in the world in 2.5 MILLION KIDS—found no increased autism risk with acetaminophen (aka paracetamol, Tylenol) use by the mother during pregnancy. A crude unadjusted analysis found only a preliminary 5% risk,… pic.twitter.com/XsIlO623Fq
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 22, 2025
Does Tylenol cause autism?
Standing alongside anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy Jr., Trump was speaking at the Oval Office to the select few media outlets still allowed within close range of the president.
Trump offered no medical proof of his baseless claim, and also took the moment to reaffirm concerns about vaccines that are also entirely false. He also made the outrageous statement that Cuba has “virtually no autism” because they can’t afford Tylenol.
🚨BREAKING: Trump claims Cuba “has virtually no autism” because they “don’t have Tylenol.”
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) September 22, 2025
Reality: Dictatorships don’t have good health data. Autism exists everywhere - authoritarian regimes just don’t track it. F*CK Donald Trump and his lies.
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Simply put, the science does not back up what Trump says. Speaking to the BBC, Tylenol maker Kenvue said: “We believe independent, sound science clearly shows that taking acetaminophen does not cause autism."
“We strongly disagree with any suggestion otherwise and are deeply concerned with the health risk this poses for expecting mothers.”
RFK Jr is set to announce Tylenol causes autism.
— Simon Maechling (@simonmaechling) September 22, 2025
And then he’ll push the “cure”: leucovorin (folinic acid).
Who sells folinic acid? Dr. Oz’s supplement company, iHerb.
The same Dr. Oz who is now the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Trump’s… https://t.co/bauv8xCwXk
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