India, Sept. 23 -- When President Donald Trump made his since-debunked "very big" announcement that Tylenol (acetaminophen or paracetamol) and childhood vaccinations "cause autism", right by his side was the Secretary Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy, Jr, or RFK Jr, who had promised this "cure" back in April. The deadline promise was kept, but the science does not hold up.

September 22, 2025, therefore is another time Kennedy - this time through Trump - has spread unproven claims about drugs or vaccines and autism.

Though RFK Jr is widely known to be an anti-vaxxer - he was among the more prominent spreaders of misinformation during the Covid pandemic, another being Trump - he spoke about autism specifically at his first offi...