29 h. ago Our girls theater: how the right claims to protect women’s sports while attacking them

The WNBA finals tip off on Friday. But many of those discussing the league denigrate its players while not bothering to watch the action itself“Under the Trump administration, we will defend the proud tradition of female athletes, and we will not allow men to beat up, injure, and cheat our women and our girls.”– Donald Trump during the signing of his Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports executive order, 5 February 2025 Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Top Welsh doctor's message to women after Donald Trump paracetamol and autism comments

Medical experts have blasted Trump's claim that the US version of paracetamol, called Tylenol, causes autism, stating that paracetamol remains the safest painkiller available

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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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6 d. ago ‘Don’t trust Trump’: how UK health experts are fighting back against a war on medicine

Ministers and medical groups have acted quickly to limit fallout after US president made unproven link between paracetamol and autismWes Streeting, the UK health secretary, was in a government car heading back into central London from a flag-raising to mark the UK’s recognition of Palestine when he saw the news. “He was aghast,” an aide said. Streeting was reading on his phone that Donald Trump had just warned women not to take Tylenol – known outside the US as paracetamol – during pregnancy.The US president had alleged without evidence that the common painkiller caused autism in children. “Don’t take Tylenol,” Trump said about a drug also known as acetaminophen. Continue reading...

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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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7 d. ago Farage endangering women by failing to condemn paracetamol claims, says Bridget Phillipson

Labour deputy leader candidate criticises ‘scaremongering’ on autism and says party must be firmer in tackling ReformUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage is “endangering women’s health” by failing to condemn Donald Trump’s claims that using paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism, Bridget Phillipson has said.The education secretary and minister for women said she had used the painkiller throughout her second pregnancy, and she warned that Reform’s connections with medical conspiracy theories including anti-vaccine rhetoric made the party a danger to public health. Continue reading...

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8 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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8 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 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 Pregnant women deserve so much better than Trump’s theatre of scaremongering and shame | Kate Womersley

There is no credible evidence linking autism with maternal paracetamol use. But the US president’s ‘tough it out’ message could harm mothers and babiesKate Womersley is a doctor and academic specialising in psychiatryOn Monday, Donald Trump, flanked by Robert F Kennedy Jr and the former talkshow host and head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr Mehmet Oz, announced that women should avoid paracetamol (known as acetaminophen or by the brand name Tylenol in the US) throughout pregnancy because of a spurious link with childhood autism.This political theatre highlights a longstanding and harmful problem: pregnant women, and their babies, are routinely let down by partial, poor-quality and missing medical evidence. Pregnant women deserve better than irresponsible headlines raising fear based on shaky research that has failed to convince the scientific community.Kate Womersley is a doctor and academic specialising in psychiatry Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump's Tylenol and vaccine warnings leave some pregnant women concerned, others angry

President Donald Trump's Tylenol and vaccine warnings have left some pregnant women angry and others with questions

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9 d. ago FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump about autism, Tylenol and pregnancy

President Donald Trump has announced his administration is recommending women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless necessary

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9 d. ago Wes Streeting rejects Trump claim linking paracetamol and autism

Health secretary joins medical experts in urging pregnant women to ignore US president’s remarksWes Streeting has rejected Donald Trump’s unproven claims of a link between taking paracetamol in pregnancy and autism, urging mothers-to-be to ignore the US president’s remarks.The health secretary challenged Trump’s statements, which medical experts have stressed are not based on evidence, as part of a drive to reassure mothers-to-be in the UK. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Women told to ignore batty Donald Trump's mad claim paracetamol can cause autism

UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting hit out at Donald Trump's claims about paracetamol causing autism in children, which he says there is “no evidence” to support

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1 week ago This Morning star slams Trump for 'shaming mothers' as she shares painful pregnancy symptoms

This Morning's Ashley James has slammed US President Donald Trump, who controversially claimed that pregnant women taking paracetamol can lead to autism in children yesterday

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1 week ago Donald Trump's autism claim debunked after paracetamol warning to pregnant women

Donald Trump claims to have 'found the answer to autism', which has sparked backlash among scientists and medical regulators around the world

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1 week ago Donald Trump's 'unproven' paracetamol and pregnant women claims rejected by UK minister

UK experts accused the Trump administration of 'fearmongering' over comments on paracetamol and autism - highlighting studies rubbishing the US President's bizarre claim

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1 week ago 'Fearmongering': Donald Trump condemned for telling pregnant women to avoid using paracetamol

The US president claimed there had been a ‘meteoric rise’ in cases of autism and suggested that Tylenol - which is called paracetamol in the UK - is a potential cause

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1 week ago Paracetamol maker hits back at Donald Trump as he makes bombshell autism link

US President Donald Trump warned pregnant women against taking the popular brand of paracetamol, Tylenol, saying it could cause autism - but the company has hit back at his claims

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1 week ago Tylenol makers hit back as Donald Trump issues advice to pregnant women about autism

Donald Trump vowed to rip up a vaccine schedule he called "disgraceful" because the US President has insisted pregnant women should not use the drug tylenol, which contains acetaminophen

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