Autism

The British Labour government strongly rebuked President Donald Trump’s recent warning about a potential link between autism and the use of paracetamol during pregnancy. Health Secretary Wes Streeting dismissed the claim during a Tuesday morning appearance on ITV, advising the public to trust the National Health Service (NHS) and British medical professionals over the U.S. President.

President Trump announced Monday what he described as a breakthrough in understanding autism, linking prenatal use of acetaminophen.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised during a cabinet meeting to disclose causes for autism in September.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a new report that there is no link between autism and a preservative called thimerosal.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun collecting medical records for its research into autism in the United States.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network survey found that 1 in 31 children has autism.

President Donald Trump has tasked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a global team of scientists with uncovering the cause behind the alarming rise in autism rates in the United States, promising results by September. The initiative is part of Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” campaign, driven by a newly signed executive order to investigate chronic childhood illnesses including autism and asthma.