00:00Donald Trump just made a shocking medical claim from the White House, and experts are sounding the alarm.
00:05At what he called the biggest medical announcement in U.S. history,
00:09Trump claimed that Tylenol, yes, the common painkiller, may cause autism when taken during pregnancy.
00:15He backed up the statement with claims from his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,
00:20who had promised to find the cause of autism by September.
00:23Now that it's September, Trump says they've found it.
00:26He even claimed the Amish community, who he says avoid modern medicine, have lower rates of autism.
00:32But scientists are firing back.
00:34Medical experts around the world are rejecting Trump's claim.
00:38They say decades of research show no link between Tylenol, also known as paracetamol, and autism.
00:44One massive study followed over 2.4 million children and found zero evidence of any connection.
00:50Doctors are warning that this claim could lead pregnant women to avoid safe treatments they might urgently need.
00:56Kenview, the makers of Tylenol, say the science is clear.
01:00Paracetamol does not cause autism.
01:02So why is Trump saying this now?
01:04And what happens if people start believing it?
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