Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is back in the spotlight — and not for good reason.
In a recent Cabinet meeting with Donald Trump, Kennedy repeated his long-debunked claim that Tylenol use during pregnancy might be linked to autism. Despite acknowledging there’s no proof, he doubled down and added new bizarre theories.
Just weeks earlier, Kennedy and Trump hinted at a “major” finding, blaming common painkillers for autism in babies — a claim experts say is completely unfounded. Scientists and the medical community quickly shut it down, with Tylenol’s manufacturer and the National Autistic Society calling the claims “dangerous” and “irresponsible.”
During the meeting, Kennedy made a glaring anatomical error, referencing a TikTok woman “gobbling Tylenol with a baby in her placenta” — confusing the placenta with the uterus. He also blamed the behavior on “Trump derangement syndrome.”
Kennedy further revived another debunked theory linking infant circumcision and autism, citing a 2015 Danish study that never proved any link to Tylenol or causation.
Critics — including Barack Obama — say Kennedy’s fringe theories threaten public health, especially given his official role, which risks lending them credibility.