During a press conference on the risks of Tylenol and autism, President Donald Trump repeated multiple inaccurate statements about a variety of issues.
On Monday, Trump, together with senior administration officials, said that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy may be related to a greater risk of autism and that pregnant women should limit their use, contradicting medical evidence.
ABC News has evaluated some of the president’s statements.
President Donald Trump accompanied by the Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Commissioner of the Food and Medicines Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, talks about autism in the White House in Washington, on September 22, 2025.
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Claim: Amish children do not receive vaccines and do not get autism
This is a common anti -acunal conversation issue. Studies have identified and diagnosed autism in Amish children along with other conditions, according to the International Society for Autism Research (Insar). In addition, not all Amish families reject regular childhood vaccines, according to a study conducted by Direct science.
While in fact autism rates seem lower among Amish communities, experts say that this is probably due to factors such as limited access to health and cultural attitude that leads to a sub -registration, not because these conditions are absent in these communities, experts say.
In a statement to ABC News, the White House reiterated that “autism rates among Amish children are lower than those of non -Amish children.”
Claim: children receive 80 vaccines, shots ‘of the size of a horse’; Some ingredients may not be safe
It is not accurate for children to obtain so many shots, nor is it accurate for children to obtain an inappropriately large volume of vaccine.
Children obtain approximately 30 doses of vaccine before the age of 18, excluding flu and COVID, according to current centers for disease control and pediatric vaccine of prevention Recommendations. In recent years, the number of additives and ingredients in vaccines has been decreasing, doctors have explained.
The implication that children’s immune systems feel overwhelmed by vaccines is not precise, Doctors say. Immune systems for children are exposed to many new bacteria and germs every day.
The vaccine schedule is recommended to be based on the dosage and protection of young children at certain times in their development. Certain vaccines should be administered several times to develop immunity; Meanwhile, certain diseases are more dangerous for younger children. Other vaccines are scheduled to offer community protection before children go to school.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens when President Donald Trump announced an autism in the White House, in Washington, on September 22, 2025.
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In a statement to ABC News, the White House said: “American childhood vaccine schedule requires substantially More vaccines that the schedules of the comparable rich nations vaccine such as Denmark “.
Claim: Tylenol causes autism when taken during pregnancy, pregnant women should “resist”
No study in people has shown that tilenol (acetaminophen) directly causes autism. Some studies show a possible link, other studies do not show such a link, but all existing studies stop the cause of cause and effect.
One of the main researchers of an important Harvard analysis that shows a higher risk in a statement: “More research is needed to confirm the association and determine causality.”
Meanwhile, it is known that fever during pregnancy has serious risks, including a greater risk of fetal death and spontaneous abortion, According to the National Medicine Library.
Alison Singer, president of the Autism Science Foundation, said: “New data or scientific studies were not presented or shared. No new studies have been published in the literature. No new presentations were made on this issue in scientific or medical conferences. On the other hand, President Trump spoke about what he thinks and feels without offering scientific evidence.”
“The evidence of the best quality does not show that acetaminophen causes autism,” said Jessica Steier, president and founder of impartial science, “there have been dozens of studies that have investigated it.”
Claim: Tylenol causes autism when given to young children
No study has demonstrated any link between autism and give Tylenol to young children, despite Trump’s repeated statement that young children should not receive Tylenol. A big one analysis Of multiple studies they did not find a link between giving acetaminophen after birth and autism or ADHD in children.
Steier said that at this point, there is no evidence of any causal link between the use of acetaminophen in children and autism.
“Genetics plays the greatest role in the probability of autism, followed by environmental factors during pregnancy and parents’ age,” he said. “It is unlikely that the factors after birth have a significant impact on the probability of autism.”
Claim: there is no ‘reason’ to vaccinate newborns against hepatitis B
During Monday’s press, Trump suggested that there should be important changes in the current recommendation of vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B, explaining that it is a sexually transmitted disease.
He said: “I would say to wait until the baby is 12 years old and has formed.”
Hepatitis B can be transmitted sexually, but it can also be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy, according to the World Health Organization. That is why Current CDC orientation It suggests that babies are vaccinated in the hours after birth. If you are not vaccinated, a hepatitis B infection can lead to Liver disease and liver cancer.
In a statement to ABC News, the White House said: “Babies born to mothers who do not have HEPB do not receive any immediate benefit to the health of HEPB vaccination at birth.” But experts refute that characterization.
“Pediatricians know firsthand that children’s immune systems work better after vaccination against serious and contagious diseases such as polyomyelitis, measles, whore and hepatitis B. American Pediatric Academy, he says in a statement at times in times.
Dr. Jamie Parkerson of ABC News contributed to this report.
