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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Johnson and Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn consumers about the risk of taking Tylenol while pregnant.

This lawsuit, the first of its kind from a state government, comes a month after President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism. The announcement set off a wave of controversy in the health care community, and confusion among pregnant women unsure how they should manage fever and pain during pregnancy.

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[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Its called acetaminophen in the states, and there are generics available at every store. Basically each store has a cheaper version of it available under their own branding.

Likely they are targeting the maker of Tylenol because they did the research and safety testing on it, and all the other stuff is based on that. I'm not a scientist though thats just a guess.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world -3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

they did the research and safety testing on it

You're missing the largest air quotes of the year here.

[–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 hours ago

you doubt they did sefety testing? did they miss the authism connection?