President Trump and top health officials Monday said pregnant women should not take acetaminophen for pain relief due to a potential link to autism.

Acetaminophen is the active ingredient in Tylenol, one of the most widely used medications in the world.

“Taking Tylenol is not good,” Trump said during a White House announcement.

Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin updating the label on acetaminophen and will begin notifying physicians that Tylenol “can be associated with a very increased risk of autism.”

“All pregnant women should talk to their doctors for more information about limiting the use of this medication while pregnant. So ideally, you don't take it at all, but if you have to, you can't toug

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