Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Tuesday, September 23, 2025. This is USA Today's The Excert.

Today, Trump links autism to Tylenol, plus Jimmy Kimmel returns, and TikTok has reached a deal to keep operating in the U.S.

under American ownership. President Donald Trump and his top health care aides yesterday urged

pregnant women not to take Tylenol unless absolutely necessary. Don't take Tylenol. Don't take it.

If you just can't, I mean, it's a fight like hell not to take it.

There may be a point where you have to and that you'll, you have to work out with yourself.

So don't take Tylenol.

He said the painkiller increases the risk of autism, but the research is unclear and doctors are pushing back.

I spoke with USA Today, government accountability reporter Aaron Mansfield for more.

Erin, thanks for joining me.

Thanks for having me.

So starting here, what did this announcement center on as it pertains to Tylenol and autism?

So the big message from President Trump and his top health care aides was that pregnant women should not take Tylenol.

There have been numerous studies linking, not necessarily proving a cause, that if a woman takes Tylenol during pregnancy, their child might later be diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder or with

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, also known as ADHD. There is not a clear, settled science in

this area. So they're really moving, you know, much more quickly than science has. But the warning is, don't do this. And

RFK Jr., the Health and Human Services Secretary, acknowledged that there are other pain

medicines and fever reducers that have already been established as problems during pregnancy.

So what they're trying to do is say, avoid it at all costs, take as

little as possible. And this is, I just want to be very clear, this is causing very mixed reactions

among, you know, whether you're an everyday person or in the scientific or medical community.

How are the makers of Tylenol responding to this?

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