On September 22, during an event at the White House, Trump claimed that pregnant women taking acetaminophen and children receiving vaccines are associated with autism. He encouraged women to "tough it out" when they had a fever and not use this painkiller. These remarks caused unease among doctors and pharmaceutical companies.
"Ignore completely what Donald Trump says about medicine," said UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting in an interview with the media. "Trust your doctor, trust medical science. I trust doctors more than President Trump."
Bloomberg reported that it is rare for a UK minister to publicly criticize the US president. It is also one of the strongest criticisms from the UK government toward Trump during his second term. The current UK government has previously tried to avoid open disagreements with the White House on a range of policy issues, including tariffs and the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency warned that following Trump's advice could harm unborn babies. The agency released a statement on the 23rd saying, "There is currently no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children."
Reuters reported that the European Medicines Agency also issued a statement on September 23, stating that there is no new evidence indicating that the EU needs to change its recommendations on the use of paracetamol during pregnancy.
The statement said that paracetamol can be taken by pregnant women when necessary, but should be used at the lowest effective dose and frequency.
At a press conference on the 23rd, a World Health Organization spokesperson was asked whether there might be a link between the use of paracetamol during pregnancy and autism, and said that existing evidence remains inconsistent.
The spokesperson also emphasized: "We know that vaccines do not cause autism. As I said, vaccines have saved countless lives. Therefore, these are facts confirmed by science, and these facts should not be questioned."
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