“Comprehensive research, including large studies in the last decade, has not found any consistent affiliation,” the agency said in a statement, calling on expectant mothers to follow the advice of their healthcare providers.
The alarm was erected by the White House on Monday when US President Donald Trump and senior healthcare officials issued a new warning that acetaminophen – the active ingredient in painkilling Tylenol – is linked to an increase in autism along with advertising a new study of the potential causal effect of childhood vaccines.
Caution during pregnancy
It recalled that medication should always be used with caution during pregnancy, especially in the first trimester.
Autism affects almost 62 million people around the world, or approx. one in 127. The exact causes remain unclear, with several complex factors assumed to be involved.
Who also repeated that vaccines do not cause autism, stressing that “large high -quality studies from many countries have all reached the same conclusion.”
The agency pointed out that the original research that suggested that a link was deficient and long has been discredited.
Childhood immunization programs, guided by whom and adopted by all countries, have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years. “Vaccines not only protect individual children but whole communities,” the agency noted.
Autism and other neuro-development disorders will be prominent at the UN’s high-level meeting on mental health and non-infectious diseases on Thursday.
Sudan: UN investigators call for action to protect civilians in besieged electric fasher
In Sudan, independent UN investigators have condemned a drone strike that hit a mosque in Darfuri -the capital of El Fasher during morning beans last Friday, reportedly killing at least 75 worshipers, including children.
The attack, allegedly carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which besieges the city, also damaged nearby homes.
The UN Fact-Finding Mission at Sudan said the assault shows “Obviously Ignoring” for international law and warned about serious risks for civilians trapped in the besieged city.
Mosques must be shrines
The investigators appointed by Human Rights Council emphasized that worship sites must be shrines, not goals and called for immediate measures to protect civilians and protect Sudan’s cultural and religious heritage.
Last week, Secretary General António Guterres expressed the alarm of the deteriorating situation in El Fasher, where RSF has tightened its siege for more than 500 days.
He called for immediately stopped for the fighting, secure passage for civilians who want to leave, and unobstructed humanitarian access.
The conflict between RSF and troops from the Sudanese military government has raged since April 2023, killing thousands and displaced millions. The UN officials emphasize that such attacks may constitute war crimes.
DR Congo Ebola Outbreak: UNICEF delivers vaccines and life -saving support
Nearly 45,000 doses of Ebola vaccine are on their way to Kasai Province of the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) as UNICEF intensifies the efforts with the government and partners to protect children and families from the ongoing outbreak.
Since the outbreak was declared on September 5, 47 suspects have been reported and confirmed cases.
Twenty-five people are already dead-12 of them children.
“Each dose delivered is another step towards keeping children and families in safety,” said UNICEF representative in the country, John Agbor.
He noted that children also need medical treatment if they get sick with support to tackle trauma and secure space to learn and play.
The current hotspot is Bulape, with nearby areas of Mweka and Mushenge also at risk. More than 1,048 contacts have already been identified and monitored, UNICEF said.
Emergency aid is prepared for delivery to Kasaï province in response to the recently declared Ebola virus disease outbreak in Dr. Congo.
Teams that work night and day
Teams work around the clock in Kasai with the Ministry of Health, other UN Agency and local partners.
In addition to vaccines, UNICEF also supports the care of Ebola patients; Reinforcement of hygiene measures in schools, hospitals and child -friendly spaces and to ensure that families receive life -saving information on how to protect themselves.
This is the sixteenth Ebola outbreak in the DRC since the virus was first discovered in 1976. The last outbreak in the Kasai area was in 2008-2009.
