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• Texas attorney general sues Tylenol company over autism claims

  October 28, 2025 11:40 AM

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Johnson and Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn consumers about the risk of taking Tylenol while pregnant. This lawsuit, the first of its kind from a state government, comes a month after President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of... more »

• Alamo mom reacts to President Trump's claims linking Tylenol and autism Play Video

  September 25, 2025 8:27 PM

  For many parents, raising children with autism and navigating daily life is already challenging. But hearing powerful leaders make claims without scientific backing — they say — can lead to stigma, guilt, and even blame. As the mother of a 4-year-old boy diagnosed with autism, Ana Maldonado said... more »

• Trump's 'tough it out' advice to expectant moms is the latest example of men opining on women's pain

  September 23, 2025 2:33 PM

  From the pulpit of the presidency, Donald Trump offered some advice to pregnant women: "Tough it out" before taking Tylenol. Nine times in all, flanked by four other men, Trump said expectant mothers should suffer through their discomfort instead of reaching for acetaminophen — or paracetamol in countries outside... more »

• Dr. Trump? The president reprises his COVID era, this time sharing unproven medical advice on autism

  September 23, 2025 11:19 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump isn't a doctor. But he played one on TV Monday, offering copious amounts of unproven medical advice that he suggested -- often without providing evidence -- might help reduce autism rates. Trump repeatedly implored pregnant women to avoid taking the painkiller Tylenol, the... more »

• Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism

  September 22, 2025 4:36 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism as his administration announced a wide-ranging effort to study the causes of the complex brain disorder. "Don't take Tylenol," Trump instructed... more »

• What we know about autism's causes

  September 22, 2025 2:32 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House announcement about autism is expected Monday afternoon after President Donald Trump's weekend comment that "I think we found an answer" to the developmental disorder. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised earlier this year to determine the cause of autism by September. That... more »