The World Health Organization rejects Donald Trump's statements about the connection between paracetamol, vaccination and autism. “Science is here to bring evidence”
There is no proven connection between paracetamol and autism, and vaccines do not cause this disorder, contrary to the Trump administration, announces the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, AFP reports.
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US President Donald Trump has strongly advised pregnant women not to use paracetamol, which he associates with the risk of high autism among children, despite the opposite opinion of doctors, after which he discredited the vaccines, writes News.
“Some obsession studies have suggested a possible association between parental exposure to paracetamol and autism, but the samples remain inconsistent”, A Tarik Jasarevic spokesman, asked about the statements of the US president, said in a regular press conference.
“Several studies have not established any such relationship”,, he said and urged prudence before concluding on the existence of a causal link between paracetamol and autism.
Present in Doliprane, Dafalgan or Tylenol in the United States or Canada, Paracetamol – or acetaminophen – is recommended for pregnant women or fever, other drugs, such as aspirin or ibuprofen are contraindicated, and at the end of pregnancy.
On Monday, the US president also evoked the vaccines, urged to modify the children's vaccination calendar and gave assurances that people who do not get vaccinated and do not take drugs have no autism.
The WHO spokesman rejected Donald Trump's statements.
“Vaccines save lives, we know it. Vaccines do not cause autism”he emphasized.
“They have saved countless lives. This is one thing that science demonstrated and should not indeed be discussed,” he added, urging the leaders to follow the recommendations of the sanitary authorities.
“Science is here to bring evidence to guide policies all over the world“Jasarevic stressed.
WHO spokesman explained that “When the vaccination calendars are delayed, disturbed or modified, without verifying the evidence, the risk of infection increases strongly, not only in the case of the child, but of the whole community ”.
Autism – a complex and broad spectrum disorder – has been studied for decades, but the Trump administration promised, at the beginning of the year, to reveal in a record time the causes of what it presents as “the epidemic of autism”.
Cases of autism have increased in recent years in the United States, but many researchers reject the existence of an epidemic and evoke the impression of the diagmostic.
“Nearly 62 million people live with an autistic spectrum disorder in the world and it is clear that, as an international community, we must intensify our efforts to understand the causes”, emphasized WHO spokesman.
For his part, the Minister of Health in the UK, Wes Streeting, has rejected Donald Trump's statements on the connection between paracetamol administration during pregnancy and autism, urging future mothers to ignore the US President's remarks.
“I have to be very clear about this: There is no evidence to link the use of paracetamol by women pregnant with autism. None“, Streeting said in the Lorraine show on ITV.
“In fact, a major study was conducted in 2024 in Sweden, involving 2.4 million children, and did not support these statements. So I would like to tell those who follow us: do not pay any attention to what Donald Trump says. In fact, not even believe in the word.said the British minister.
