Health officials around the globe are rejecting President Trump's assertion that pregnant women should avoid taking acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, during pregnancy because of unfounded links to autism.

"Available evidence has found no link between the use of paracetamol during pregnancy and autism," the European Medicines Agency, Europe's top drug regulator, said in a statement. Paracetamol is a widely used name for acetaminophen outside the U.S.

The European drug regulator re-iterated its guidance on Tuesday that drugs with paracetamol should be used as necessary to treat pain and fever, adding that "Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women."

In a White House press conference Monday, President Trump repeatedly pointed to res

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