Trump Issues Warning Based on Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism NYT | Top Stories By: Azeen Ghorayshi 23 September 2025 at 09:27 Top U.S. health officials urged pregnant women not to use acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, claiming it could cause autism, though studies have been inconclusive. © Doug Mills/The New York TimesHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been a skeptic of vaccines.