Massachusetts’ Harvard University Report Backs Trump’s Tylenol Claims

The reaction from the media to President Donald Trump's concerns about a possible link between Tylenol and autism is alarming. Network and cable talking heads are now experts on autism and pharmaceutical matters.

The press, anxious to discredit anything Trump says, may be placing Americans in danger.

The repudiation of the administration's warning about Tylenol and its active ingredient, acetaminophen, is being mimicked by local media people and politicians, particularly in "blue states."

Providence-based ABC 6 ran a headline, "Top Rhode Island health official rebuffs Trump-Kennedy claim of Tylenol and autism risk."

Boston's CBS 4 writes, "Massachusetts mothers push back after Trump links autism to Tylenol," and WCVB 5 reports, "Mass doctor chimes in after Trump administration claims between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism."

On Monday, September 22, 2025, Trump said Tylenol taken during pregnancy "can be associated with a very increased risk of autism." As a result, Trump said, "They are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary."

Immediately, The Hill responded by accusing Trump of "contradicting standard guidance," while Associated Press charged Trump of making "unfounded claims."

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Tylenol manufacturer Kenvue quickly issued a statement disputing the suggested link between its product and autism: "We believe independent, sound science clearly shows that taking acetaminophen does not cause autism."

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said, "We now have data we cannot ignore."

Makary said that data is from "a collection of studies" from the Boston Birth Cohort, the Nurses Health Study, and Mount Sinai-Harvard, which've established a "causal relationship between prenatal acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders of ADHD and autism spectrum disorder."

In August, the Massachusetts-based Harvard D.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the report: "Using acetaminophen during pregnancy may increase children's autism and ADHD risk."

This information is not a Donald Trump or Bobby Kennedy fantasy; it is Harvard, certainly no fan of the Trump Administration.

I suggest pregnant women read the report and consult with their doctor, and not the news media, before taking any medications while pregnant.