WASHINGTON — President Trump urged expecting mothers Monday to avoid taking Tylenol during their entire pregnancy , saying studies have shown that taking the common painkiller is associated with autism.

The only time pregnant women should take Tylenol, a common form of acetaminophen, is during a high-risk fever, Trump announced. The FDA will be updating the label on acetaminophen to relay the risk in pregnancy and will be sending out a letter to all doctors with the warning.

“With Tylenol, don’t take it! Don’t take it,” Trump told reporters from the Roosevelt Room of the White House. “And if you can’t live, if your fever is so bad, you have to take one, because there’s no alternative to that.”

President Donald Trump (R), accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Ken

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