On Monday, President Donald Trump said that taking Tylenol (acetaminophen) while pregnant can cause autism in babies. His comments were quickly criticized, even by former President Barack Obama, who said they “undermined public health.” Trump said that people who don’t get vaccines or take pills have “no autism,” and then he asked U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if what he said was true. He also said that the FDA would give doctors new advice, saying, “Ideally, you don’t take it at all, but if you have to, if you can’t tough it out, you’re going to end up doing it.”
