Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said expectant mothers should pay no "attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine", after the US president claimed paracetamol use during pregnancy was linked to autism.
Trump said there had been a "meteoric rise" in cases of autism and suggested that paracetamol, known by the brand name Tylenol in the United States, is a potential cause.
He said the painkillers should not be taken during pregnancy, suggesting pregnant women should “tough it out” and also raised unfounded concerns about vaccines.
His comments have been widely criticised by autism campaigners and scientists in the UK.
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