The weak evidence behind Trump’s autism announcement

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  Good morning. It's Tuesday, September 23rd.

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  I'm Shmi Tabasu.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  On today's show, the chaotic fallout from the H1B visa announcement,

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  the last-minute intervention that saved a conscious patient from organ donation,

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  and Jimmy Kimmel is back.

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  Kind of.

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  But first, to the White House announcement on autism.

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  Yesterday,

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  President Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they would be warning doctors against recommending Tylenol for pregnant patients.

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  Claiming its active ingredient acetaminophen was one of the reasons autism rates were rising in the U.S.

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  There is no proven causal link between autism and Tylenol,

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  And it's one of the few pain relief and fever reducing medications considered safe when pregnant and used in line with medical guidance.

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  At times in the announcement,

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  Trump offered his own medical advice and encouraged people to limit their use as much as possible.

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  All pregnant women should talk to their doctors for more information about limiting the use of this medication

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  while pregnant.

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  So ideally, you don't take it at all.

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  But if you have to.

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  If you can't tough it out or if there's a problem, you're going to end up doing it.

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