Trump Announcement Said to Focus on Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism NYT | Top Stories By: Azeen Ghorayshi 23 September 2025 at 00:30 A federal report on Monday is expected to point to acetaminophen, the active ingredient in painkillers like Tylenol. But research into a possible connection has yielded mixed results. © Doug Mills/The New York TimesHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been a skeptic of vaccines.