36 h. ago Pregnant women and pensioners massively underrepresented in TV adverts, research finds

Disabled people were also among the least represented groups in TV adverts, despite accounting for a significant proportion of the United Kingdom’s population

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65 h. ago ‘Will my baby be born in a tent? Will it have food?’: what it’s like to be pregnant in Gaza

The World Health Organization has warned that more than 40% of pregnant women in the Gaza Strip are malnourished. Here, Nour Ziad al-Batsh, who is expecting her third child in March, describes her daily struggle to find food and healthcareThis pregnancy is not like my others. I have not been allowed to feel the joy I felt last time, to plan for the future and dream about where my child will go to school and how to decorate his room. In Gaza these days, I can only wonder whether I can find food to keep my baby healthy and how it will be to give birth in a tent.The natural joys I felt for the births of my daughter and son have been overwhelmed by depression, fear and anxiety because of this continuing genocide. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago What REALLY causes autism? From too much screentime to pollution and diet – the experts separate fact from fiction

DONALD Trump caused uproar this week when he claimed that pregnant women who take paracetamol are more likely to have an autistic child, telling mums-to-be to “fight like hell not to take it”. Doctors, scientists and politicians slammed the US President as “dangerous” and “fear-mongering”, reassuring parents paracetamol is safe to take. Trump linked autism...

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5 d. ago Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

While not without its challenges, autism isn’t a curse to be cured of, as the likes of the US president and RFK Jr want us to believeDonald Trump’s claims about autism deserve as little oxygen as possible, but it’s been a depressing, infuriating week for many autistic people and those of us who love them. His administration unveiled contentious claims about the causes of autism – pregnant women taking Tylenol, also known as paracetamol – and pushed for research to find a “cure”. It got me thinking about how to cope psychologically, and my conclusion – and that of many of my friends in the autism community – is that you have to laugh or you’ll cry.There’s a saying that when you’ve met one autistic child, you’ve met one autistic child. I’ve never loved the “autism as superpower” narrative, and how it erases those with high-support needs and the challenges autistic people can face. Equally, Trump’s framing of autism as a tragedy and a disease in need of curing is deeply problematic, so...

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6 d. ago When I was 19 when I went to the doctor in crippling pain, he told me to get pregnant... and thousands of women have similar stories to me

Tiffany Summerfield, (pictured) from Cardiff, was diagnosed with endometriosis when she was just 19 years old. She has since been told by doctors that she needs to think about her fertility

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7 d. ago Trump doubles down on shocking Tylenol advice now telling parents to never give it to children

Donald Trump has doubled down on his advice to pregnant women not to take Tylenol, or acetaminophen.

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8 d. ago BBC Question Time MP heckled after calling Trump 'wrong' about autism claims

Richard Tice was brutally heckled as he appeared on Thursday's Question Time on BBC One as he discussed Donald Trump's claims autism is linked to paracetamol use in pregnant women

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8 d. ago Tylenol faces fresh backlash as historic tweet advising pregnant women not to take drug is discovered

President Trump earlier this week sparked widespread panic after claiming the painkiller may cause autism, repeatedly saying 'if you're pregnant, don't take Tylenol'.

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8 d. ago Paracetamol: NHS surgeon blasts 'snake oil salesman' Nigel Farage for 'causing pregnant women anxiety'

Zubir Ahmed criticised the Reform UK leader after he refused to oppose Donald Trump on his claim that paracetamol could cause autism.

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8 d. ago Unsafe abortions and no antenatal care: aid cuts hit women hardest in one of Africa’s poorest countries

Mobile clinics in rural Malawi that provided pregnancy checks as well as vaccinations and TB tests have been lostA blue, burgundy and white patterned wrapper hides the swell of Joanna Banda’s belly. Eight months pregnant, she has had just three of the five antenatal appointments she should have had. She is unlikely to attend her final three either, as she still has to save 3,000 kwacha (£1.28) for a bicycle to take her six miles on rutted dirt tracks to the nearest health centre when she goes into labour.In remote villages in Malawi, pregnant women such as 22-year-old Banda, who has one child after losing her first soon after giving birth, are struggling to get the medical care they need. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago JD Vance turns on Donald Trump as he makes 'very simple' Tylenol claim

President Donald Trump was criticised by his Vice President and also his predecessor, Barack Obama, after his comments about pregnant women taking Tylenol

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8 d. ago Now even JD Vance advises women to talk to doctors on Tylenol one day after Trump's autism claim

Vice President JD Vance advised pregnant women to 'lean on their doctors' and discuss potential harmful side effects, in an exclusive interview with News Nation.

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9 d. ago Obama says Trump linking paracetamol to autism is ‘violence against the truth’

Former president says successor’s claims about drug branded Tylenol in US ‘undermines public health that can do harm to women’Barack Obama has said Donald Trump’s claims linking paracetamol to autism in infants is “violence against the truth” that could harm pregnant women if they were too scared to take pain relief.Obama, who was being interviewed by David Olusoga at the O2 Arena, told the audience that Trump’s claims about paracetamol – branded as Tylenol in the US – had been “continuously disproved” and posed a danger to public health. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago WHO rejects Trump’s claims of link between Tylenol and autism

Body says research has found ‘no consistent association’ and urges pregnant women to follow doctors’ adviceThe 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. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Dr. Oz tells pregnant women to take Tylenol a day after Trump implores them not to

Donald Trump linking acetaminophen use in pregnant women to rising childhood autism rates has prompted members of his health team to walk back his recommendations soon after the rollout. 

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9 d. ago Trump faces Republican backlash over Kennedy’s autism and vaccine claims

Senators warn health secretary’s advice on Tylenol in pregnancy lacks scientific basis, raising alarm in GOP ranksUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump is facing a simmering Republican backlash over the policies of Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health secretary, amid unease over the administration’s pronouncements over the causes of autism and changes to children’s vaccine policy.Republicans in Congress are threatening to “break ranks” after this week’s White House announcement by Trump – flanked by Kennedy – claiming a link between autism and Tylenol, an over-the-counter medication, also known as paracetamol, that is widely used to treat pain relief experienced by pregnant women. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Dr. Oz publicly breaks from Trump on Tylenol as he encourages pregnant women to take the drug

‘Tylenol ... probably your best option’, declares Oz after Trump’s wild press conference

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9 d. ago Scientists discover ‘key clues’ to cause of autism – and it’s nothing to do with paracetamol

EARLY changes during brain development may hold the key to autism, say researchers. The new finding follows claims by Donald Trump that paracetamol taken by pregnant women increases risk of the condition in some children. The US President made the claim on Monday that taking Tylenol, known as paracetamol in other places, "is no good"...

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9 d. ago Andy Burnham says Britain needs ‘wholesale change’ as Labour MPs prepare for conference – UK politics live

Manchester mayor urges Keir Starmer to reveal plans to deliver reform but denies he is plotting to replace PMWes Streeting, the health secretary, has described Nigel Farage over his comment implying Donald Trump might be right about paracetamol posing a risk to pregnant women. (See 10.23am.)Dangerous and irresponsible. This man is a snake oil salesman and it’s time people stopped buying. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Farage refuses to criticise Trump over paracetamol despite health experts dismissing autism claims

Reform UK leader says he has ‘no idea’ if US president is right to tell women to avoid drug during pregnancyUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage has refused to criticise Donald Trump’s claims that paracetamol, sold in the US as Tylenol, could cause autism, insisting “science is never settled” and he would never “side with” medical experts.The Reform UK leader said he had “no idea” if the US president was right to tell pregnant women to avoid taking acetaminophen, also known as Tylenol and paracetamol, and suggesting that those who could not “tough it out” should limit their intake. Continue reading...

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