Republican senators are growing increasingly uncomfortable over President Trump's unconventional forays into health policy, specifically the president's support for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his attempts to rewrite the children's vaccination schedule despite strong skepticism from the medical community.

One lawmaker said Republicans are "starting to break ranks" over it.

Trump gave Kennedy a big boost Monday by warning mothers not to give their newborns multiple vaccines at once and advising against Tylenol use during pregnancy.

Trump identified acetaminophen, the common over-the-counter medication, as a likely cause of autism — despite scant research showing a clear link — and warned pregnant women: “I want to say it like it is: Don’t take Tylenol. Don’t take it. Fight like hell not to take it.”

That controversial claim was immediately challenged by Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.), the Republican chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and a medical doctor.

“HHS should release the new data that it has to support this claim. The preponderance of evidence shows that this is not the case. The concern is that women will be left with no options to manage pain in pregnancy,” Cassidy wrote on social media.

In comments reminiscent of the off-the-cuff advice the president shared in 2020 about unorthodox COVID-19 treatments, Trump — with Kennedy at his side — on Monday also shared his “feeling” that that children’s vaccination protocols should be overhauled.

Cassidy told The Hill in an interview that he is concerned about former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez’s testimony to his committee that Kennedy pressured her to approve changes to childhood vaccine recommendations regardless of the scientific........

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