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26 September 2025

US autism research gets $50-million funding boost — amid row over Tylenol

An injection of funding into genetic and environmental factors underlying autism was eclipsed by Trump’s controversial claims about acetaminophen.

Helen Pearson

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Scientists moved a step closer to understanding the complex causes of autism spectrum disorder this week. Although all of the headlines went to US President Donald Trump’s poorly evidencedstatements that the painkiller acetaminophen is linked to the neurodevelopmental condition, his White House autism event brought welcome — and largely overlooked — news to scientists: the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is investing US$50 million in an unusual autism-research effort.

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