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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 days ago

FDA declines to approve drug touted by Trump as a treatment for autism

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved leucovorin, a synthetic form of vitamin B9, as a treatment for a rare genetic condition that causes folate deficiencies in the brain. The decision comes just months after U.S. president Donald Trump, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and FDA chief Marty Makary lauded the drug as a treatment for autism.
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1 week ago

Tylenol orders in pregnant people plummeted after Trump falsely linked the medicine to autism

Trump administration's unsupported claims about acetaminophen causing autism led to a 20% decrease in pregnant patients using the medication and a 71% increase in children prescribed unproven leucovorin treatment.
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