The runny nose, the coughing – while the discomfort is never fun, knowing if you (or your children) have a virus or just ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Over-the-counter pain relief medications can take a few minutes to a few hours to ...

Six months after President Donald Trump shocked mainstream medicine by saying pregnant women shouldn’t take Tylenol because ...

Acetaminophen is a safe way to reduce pain and fevers when pregnant, but recent headlines have made a quarter of new and expectant parents more wary.

While social media continues to circulate claims linking acetaminophen to autism in children, medical experts say those fears distract from a far more serious and proven danger: overdose.

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

The researchers went further, giving students questionnaires about everyday scenarios: betting a day’s salary on a game, bungee jumping off a bridge, or driving without a seatbelt. Those who had taken ...

Last month, federal health authorities and President Trump publicized an unsubstantiated claim suggesting that acetaminophen use by pregnant women is associated with the development of autism in ...

Acetaminophen’s link to autism is unproven. But hundreds of Americans accidentally overdose on the drug each year, suffering liver damage that can require a transplant or even be fatal. By Rebecca ...

Acetaminophen recently became a polarizing political topic and target. It's important to remove the political filters and pull the lens back to see acetaminophen for what it actually is—a synthetic ...

Tylenol at a pharmacy in New York City on Sept. 5. (Kylie Cooper/Reuters) You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate medical and public health challenges. Click here to ...

Physicians and health organizations are reassuring patients that acetaminophen is safe to use during pregnancy after President Donald Trump said on Monday that the FDA will notify doctors that using ...