An estimated 200 million packets are sold over the counter each year. Cheap, widely available and generally safe when used correctly, it is a medicine cabinet essential for millions of Britons. But ...

United States President Donald Trump has urged pregnant women to avoid paracetamol except in cases of extremely high fever, because of a possible link to autism. Paracetamol – known as acetaminophen ...

Taking paracetamol during pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or intellectual disability among children. That is according to the most ...

Existing evidence does not clearly link paracetamol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy with autism or ADHD in children, finds an in-depth evidence review published by The BMJ today, in direct ...

Anya Arthurs receives funding from the Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation and Flinders University. She is affiliated with Flinders University. If you’ve been pregnant in the past few months, you ...

The health secretary has urged pregnant women to ignore Donald Trump’s claims that paracetamol use in pregnancy can be linked to autism. The US president repeatedly advised pregnant women at a press ...