LEXINGTON, Ly. (LEX 18) — The medical community is expressing criticism and concern following President Trump and the Food and Drug Administration's announcement last week connecting Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism diagnoses.

"The information made me both mad and embarrassed," said Dr. Michael Simon.

Dr. Simon has been practicing pediatrics in Lexington for more than three decades, and has authored two books on pediatrics: The Pediatric Primer and Children Who Society Has Lost or Abandoned .

Last week, President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. linked the use of acetaminophen — or Tylenol — to autism diagnoses in children. The FDA initiated the process to change the labels of acetaminophen products.

"Tylenol in and of itself, does not seem

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