Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday claimed that "mainstream media" had mischaracterized his remarks about circumcision and autism rates, doubling down on the Trump administration's assertion that Tylenol could be a potential cause of the neurological and developmental disorder.

In a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, President Trump reiterated his personal belief that pregnant women and newborn infants shouldn't be given acetaminophen, the active ingredient in over-the-counter Tylenol.

Adding on to this, Kennedy said in the meeting, "There's two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It's highly to likely because they're given Tylenol. Oh, you know, none of this is positive. but all of it is stuff that we should be

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