LI autism advocates, doctors split on White House linking Tylenol & Autism

President Donald Trump announced Monday that the FDA will begin telling doctors that the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy can increase the risk of autism.

Kurt Semder

Sep 23, 2025, 9:55 PM

Updated 2 hr ago

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President Donald Trump and health officials in Washington, D.C. announced Monday that the FDA will strongly recommend women limit the use of Tylenol during pregnancy, due to what they call a high risk of autism.
Dr. Kevin Holcomb, the chair of the OBGYN department at North Shore University Hospital, tells News 12 there is "no credible evidence" of a link between Tylenol use and autism during pregnancy.
But autism advocates, like John Gilmore, of the Autism Action Network, say this announcement validates what they've been saying for years.