US President Donald Trump on Monday vehemently insisted that pregnant people should "tough it out" and avoid Tylenol over an unproven link to autism, and urged major changes to the standard vaccines administered to babies.

The Republican leader's announcement rife with sweeping yet unsubstantiated advice came as the White House has vowed to revolutionize health in the United States, and as experts across medicine and science voice broad concern over the administration's initiatives that appear intent on unraveling decades of medical consensus.

Medical groups including The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have long cited acetaminophen -- the primary ingredient in Tylenol -- as among the safest painkillers to take during pregnancy.

But Trump, who hammered on his message in increasingly emphatic terms, insisted that "taking Tylenol is not good" and to "fight like hell not to take it."

He said pregnant people should "tough it out," and that only an "extremely high fever" would justify taking the over-the-counter medicine.

That's not true: fever and pain can pose serious threats to both the mother and the developing........

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