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Why is the Trump administration obsessed with autism?

Why is the Trump administration obsessed with autism?

Politics Weekly America vor 1 Jahr

Jonathan Freedland speaks to Carter Sherman, the reproductive health and justice reporter at Guardian US, about when and why the obsession with autism became political

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The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has long been
consumed by the neurological condition autism – what causes it, and
whether there’s a treatment. This week, Donald Trump took on the
cause, making claims about acetaminophen, also known as Tylenol and
paracetamol, that were dismissed outright by medical experts around
the world. Jonathan Freedland speaks to Carter Sherman, the
reproductive health and justice reporter at Guardian US, about when
and why the obsession with autism became political