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It's really important for patients to understand that the science supports acetaminopin being safe in pregnancy. President Trump tells pregnant women to stop taking Tylenol. We'll get the facts from an OBGYN.

It's Tuesday, September 23rd, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.

I'm Chris Bentley. Today on the show, ABC gives Jimmy Kimmel

his late night show back, but two major carriers, Sinclair and Nextar, say they will keep him

off the air. So for them to say that they will continue to preempt the show actually is a pretty

big deal. Kimo may be unavailable on TV for almost 20% of the country. But it's a really

unusual situation to have local station owners push back against a network like this.

Also, what a historian of Nixon, a president known for his enemies list, thinks about President Trump's calls to prosecute the Democrats who impeached him during his first term.

Before we get to that, though, Trump and his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are once again pushing questionable medical claims.

The administration announced it would

slap a new warning label on the common painkiller acetaminophen, an active ingredient in

Tylenol, citing a, quote, possible association between using the drug during pregnancy and autism

in children. Trump, however, left little room for nuance in his advice last night.

So taking Tylenol is not good.

I'll say it. It's not good.

So what's the basis for these claims?

And is there any risk of using Tylenol during pregnancy? Let's get some

facts from Dr. Nisha Verma. She's an obstetrician gynecologist practicing in Georgia and Maryland.

She advises the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. That group put out a statement

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