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President Trump announced the Food and Drug Administration will

notify doctors that pregnant women should not take Tylenol, claiming it increases the risk of

autism in babies. The maker of Tylenol released a statement ahead of the speech defending the

over-the-counter drug as safe for expectant moms. But speaking at the White House today,

Trump said he's convinced a link exists.

For this reason, they are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy

unless medically necessary. That's, for instance, in cases of extremely high fever,

that you feel you can't tough it out.

This is the administration's latest move questioning the science of commonly used medications

from vaccines to abortion pills. Autism affects one in 31 children in the U.S.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers have attributed

an increase in diagnosed autism cases to greater

awareness of the disorder. ABC says Jimmy Kimmel's show will return to broadcast after it was

suspended last week, and PR's Anastasia Zulkus reports that the late-night host will return to the

airwaves tomorrow. In a written statement, Disney, ABC's parent company, says, quote,

we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense

situation at an emotional moment for our country. Critics of the administration have said

Kimmel's suspension was an attack on free speech. ABC suspended Kimmel last Wednesday under

pressure from the Trump administration after Kimmel criticized conservative responses to the assassination

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