The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advises that clinicians should consider minimizing the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy because evidence is inconclusive about whether prenatal acetaminophen exposure is linked to autism.
November 03, 2025
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regulatory
Guidance offered amid scientific uncertainty about potential associations between prenatal acetaminophen use and autism.
Scientific evidence about a link between prenatal acetaminophen exposure and autism is inconclusive and does not establish a causal relationship.
November 03, 2025
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health
Summary of the prevailing state of evidence regarding prenatal acetaminophen use and autism risk.
Some researchers have asserted links between aluminum in vaccines and conditions such as autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, while public health experts state there is no good evidence that aluminum in vaccines is unsafe.
October 31, 2025
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general
There is a scientific dispute: some critics allege harms from aluminum in vaccines, whereas mainstream public health assessment finds no robust evidence of safety concerns.
Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition with complexity in its causes, measurement, diagnosis, and presentation across a spectrum.
October 06, 2025
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general
General characterisation of autism as a disorder.
The hypothesis that childhood vaccinations cause autism has been extensively discredited by scientific research.
October 06, 2025
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general
Summary of scientific consensus on the vaccine-autism hypothesis.
The hypothesis that vaccines cause autism has been scientifically discredited.
September 07, 2025
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general
Reflects the scientific consensus regarding the lack of causal link between vaccines and autism.