President Donald Trump and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday highlighted a possible link between autism and the use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, in pregnant women.
They also announced that leucovorin calcium, a form of folic acid, or vitamin B9, currently used to help cancer patients with the side effects of chemotherapy, will become available to some children who have cerebral folate deficiency, a condition in which people can show "developmental delays with autistic features," according to HHS.
What is known about the possible link between acetaminophen (Tylenol) and autism?
Last month, researchers from prestigious institutions published a paper that reviewed 43 studies on the association between pregnant women who u