Trump attacks Tylenol as officials unveil highly contentious conclusions on autism

President says acetaminophen - also known as paracetamol - increases risk when taken by pregnant women, assertion contradicted by research

The Trump administration unveiled highly contentious conclusions about the causes of autism, together with a push for research purporting to find a possible cure" for the condition on Monday.

After months of widely trumpeted investigations spearheaded by the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump announced that pregnant women should limit their use of acetaminophen, usually branded as Tylenol in the US or paracetamol elsewhere, which he claimed heightens the risk of autism when it used by pregnant women, an assertion hotly contested by scientists internationally and contradicted by studies.