Australia's top medical authorities have emphatically rejected Donald Trump's claim of a link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism.

Chief medical officer Michael Kidd and the Therapeutic Goods Administration joined other global medicines regulators, leading clinicians and scientists worldwide in declaring "robust scientific evidence" showed no causal link between the use of paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD.

"Paracetamol remains the recommended treatment option for pain or fever in pregnant women when used as directed," the TGA said in a statement on Tuesday.

"Importantly, untreated fever and pain can pose risks to the unborn baby, highlighting the importance of managing these symptoms with recommended treatment."

Flanked by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, th

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