Semafor • Sep 24, 2025
FDA's surprise approval of autism drug raises concerns
US President Donald Trump recently made comments linking the painkiller acetaminophen, also known as Tylenol, to autism, for which there is no evidence.
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Drop Site News • Sep 23, 2025
FDA Commissioner Flagrantly Misquoted Harvard Public Health Dean at White House Autism Event
The White House claimed that Dr. Andrea Baccarelli has found a "causal relationship between prenatal acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders of ADHD and autism spectrum disorder." Not true.
Mother Jones • Sep 23, 2025
Disgust, Horror, and “Elimination”: Trump and RFK Jr.’s Eugenicist Autism Conference
On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much to the chagrin of many autistic adults, who were completely excluded from the process. The two, alongside administration officials including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator […]
Mother Jones • Sep 23, 2025
Trans Health Care “Skeptics” Lost a Key Ally—Now They’re Having a Meltdown
Colleagues call Gordon Guyatt the “godfather” of evidence-based medicine. Guyatt, a distinguished professor of medicine at McMaster University in Canada, has had sweeping influence on medical research: GRADE, the framework he helped pioneer to assess the evidence behind clinical recommendations, is a standard at more than 100 medical organizations, including the WHO. Before Guyatt, medicine […]
Mother Jones • Sep 23, 2025
The Bonkers Wellness Myths That Fueled Trump’s Autism Announcement
In a long-awaited and much-dreaded announcement on Monday evening, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed today that the government has uncovered two potential explanations for autism. In a formal White House announcement they asserted that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy and folate deficiency in pregnant people […]
Semafor • Sep 22, 2025
Trump links Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism risk
The drug, also known as paracetamol, is the most widely used painkiller in the world, and is considered safe in pregnancy.
Zeteo • Sep 21, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of Jewish Health Professionals Say 'End the Genocide' in Gaza
"To be silent is to be complicit," the healthcare workers write in an open letter.
Mother Jones • Sep 21, 2025
These Texas Scientists Are Doing Their Best to Thwart Scary Mosquito-Borne Diseases
This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Under a microscope, a mosquito can look stunning. Their blue-green iridescent scales, purple bands, and attractive spotted wings shimmer—dazzling enough to forget, for a moment, the insect lives to take a sip of your blood. Mosquitoes range in size, […]
Lever News • Sep 20, 2025
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Side Effects May Include FDA Crackdowns
Misleading ads get muted, universal child care is here, a tech company gets caught cheating, and tenants step up.
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‘Less lethal’ crowd-control weapons still cause harm – 2 physicians explain what they are and their health effects
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Medicare is experimenting with having AI review claims – a cost-saving measure that could risk denying needed care
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Confused by the new dietary guidelines? Focus on these simple, evidence-based shifts to lower your chronic disease risk
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Certain brain injuries may be linked to violent crime – identifying them could help reveal how people make moral choices
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Stroke survivors can counterintuitively improve recovery by strengthening their stronger arm – new research
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US exit from the World Health Organization marks a new era in global health policy – here’s what the US, and world, will lose
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RFK’s Overhauled Autism Committee Is Even Worse Than It Looks
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RFK Jr. Was Raw Milk’s Biggest Fan. Now He Won’t Return Industry Calls.
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A growing nursing shortage is made worse by nurses’ daily challenges of patients and their families rolling their eyes, yelling and striking
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