Trump's unproven autism claim

Learning English from the News

2025-09-24

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(Photo by Andrew Harnik and Justin Sullivan via Getty Images) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Download a free worksheet ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The story US President Donald Trump has said that there is a link between autism and the pain-relieving drug Tylenol, also known as paracetamol. Medical experts disagree with these claims, with some calling the president's comments dangerous. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, who are experts in women’s health, said the announcement was "unsettling" and not based on "reliable data". News headlines Trump and RFK Jr. make autism announcement as Tylenol maker and medical experts push back CBS News British scientists inject large dose of scepticism into Trump's paracetamol and autism claims ITV News Donald Trump's autism claim debunked after paracetamol warning to pregnant women The Mirror Key words and phrases push back disagree with or resist something dose a strong amount of something debunk show that something is untrue Next  Find all our news programmes. Learn more phrasal verbs like 'push back' in Phrasal verbs with Georgie.  Find an A-Z list of all our programmes.
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  • From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News,

  • our podcast about the news headlines.

  • In this programme, Trump makes unproven link between autism and pain relief drug Tylenol.

  • Scientists react.

  • Hello, I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Georgie.

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  • we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

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  • Let's hear more about this story.

  • US President Donald Trump has said there is a link between autism and the pain-relieving drug Tylenol.

  • or paracetamol as it's known in other places.

  • Trump said that doctors in the US will soon be advised not to prescribe the pain reliever to pregnant women.

  • Medical experts disagree with these claims, with some calling the president's comments dangerous.

  • The health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said the US Food and Drug Administration, or FDA,

  • would begin the process of changing how the medication is labelled and launch a public health campaign.

  • The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, who are experts in women's health,

  • said the announcement was unsettling and not based on reliable data.

  • Let's have our first headline.