WASHINGTON — Many doctors and scientists were reeling Monday after President Donald Trump went on TV to insist that pregnant women should never take Tylenol and revive debunked theories about vaccines and autism.
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President Donald Trump and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listen as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sept. 22, in Washington.
Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press
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Associated Press journalists Matt Perrone and Mike Pesoli contributed to this report.
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