US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. has intensified his campaign against the painkiller Tylenol , warning that boys who are circumcised are twice as likely to be diagnosed with autism. He made these remarks at a cabinet meeting with Donald Trump, citing studies he believes show a connection between circumcision, Tylenol use, and autism.
"There are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism," Kennedy said at Trump’s cabinet meeting, adding, "It’s highly likely because they’re given Tylenol."
The claim refers to a 2015 study in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, which examined rates of autism spectrum disorder in Danish boys under the age of 10 who had undergone circumcision. The study found these boys were more likely to develop