Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marthi Makeri said on Friday that the agency has not finalized An upcoming report About autism after Wall Street Journal Reported Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior is expected to declare the tylanol to be connected to the condition in children, in which mothers were urged to take the children to the pain medicine.
“The report has not been written, so there is nothing to actually report, as we are still in our discussions. I think the Wall Street Journal’s interest in Tilinol is probably stems from a Harvard study on Tilanol and Autism, which recently surfaced,” Makeri said during a Friday’s appearance on “The Hill” of the news. “
“But our report is not yet written,” he said.
Makri said that the President and Kennedy have done research about autism, which is a “national priority”.
He said, “We got to get to the bottom. There are many amazing research that we are doing, and I think we are going to make a very amazing report at the end of this month,” he told the host Blake Burman.
The original company Kenavyu for the manufacturer of Tilanol did not immediately respond to the hill request to comment on the matter.
However, a spokesman for the company told The Journal, “There is nothing important to us than the health and safety of the people using our products.”
The spokesperson said, “We have constantly evaluated science and continued to believe that there is no reason between the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy and autism.”
A 2024 report The Journal of the American Medical Association found that the drug was used to reduce the pain in acetaminophen, tilanol, when used during pregnancy, children’s autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities were not associated with the risk of children.
Researchers said that unions seen in other models can be attributed to confusion.
Despite their findings, hundreds of cases found that drug made disorders in children have been filed in court, the journal said. Nevertheless, Maki said that the FDA would wait for more data addressed concerns before publishing the updated guidelines for the use of drug.
“You know, we are incredibly data -operated, so we are looking at the Harvard study and other studies out of the duke, and we are trying to analyze the magnitude and weight of that data. But this is not the primary focus of this report,” Capricorn told Burman on Friday.
Kennedy has promised to release a report Caused by autism on September.
In recent weeks, Kennedy has faced intensive investigation on his leadership and vaccine skepticism.
Out of 12 Democrats on the Senate Committee on Finance, eleven has urged Kennedy. resignWhile two of his family members made Similar request On Friday.
Republican MP, including Senate Republican Whip John Bairaso ,
“I support the vaccine. I am a doctor. The vaccine works.”
“Secretary Kennedy, at your confirmation hearing, you promised to maintain the highest standards for vaccines,” he said. “Since then, I have been deeply worried.”
Susan Monarez, director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was unexpectedly removed from the leadership last week and was resigned by four senior officials at the top public health agency, MPs are MPs. Raised questions About internal policies and practices under Kennedy.
“Americans don’t know who to trust,” he said. “If we are going to make America healthy again, we cannot reduce public health.”
