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Before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, President Trump tells reporters that people affected by the Israel-Hamas conflict are celebrating the ceasefire deal.



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Kennedy Jr. seems to have quickly expanded to suggest that babies and young children should avoid the common painkiller.“Don’t give it to the baby when the baby’s born,” Trump said of Tylenol at a Cabinet meeting on Thursday.Kennedy jumped in to suggest that children who are circumcised have higher autism rates, “likely because they’re given Tylenol.”As the administration’s stance on the medication has broadened over the last few weeks, researchers say the notion that young children may develop autism as a result of taking Tylenol is particularly far-fetched.“There’s even less evidence that there’s a link between Tylenol in early childhood and autism than there is that Tylenol taken during pregnancy causes autism,” said David Mandell, a psychiatry professor at the University of Pennsylvania.The bulk of scientific evidence suggests moderate Tylenol use is safe in pregnancy, and many autism researchers say data does not support a causal link to autism. When it comes to young children, the American Academy of Pediatrics says Tylenol is safe when taken correctly under the guidance of a pediatrician. The medication shouldn’t be given to children younger than 12 weeks, the group says, unless a doctor recommends it, since Tylenol can mask fevers or early signs of sepsis, which require immediate medical attention.Packages of Tylenol and generic pain and fever relief medicine for sale on a shelf in a pharmacy in Houston on Sept. 23.Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP – Getty Images fileTrump and Kennedy’s first announcement about Tylenol and autism came on Sept. 22, when they unveiled regulatory actions to limit the medication’s use in pregnancy. Though Trump warned pregnant women to “fight like hell not to take it,” the actual policy changes were more subdued. 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