GENEVA, Sept 23 — A World Health Organisation spokesperson said today that evidence of a link between the use of paracetemol during pregnancy and autism remained inconsistent and that the value of life-saving vaccines should not be questioned.

US President Donald Trump yesterday linked autism to childhood vaccine use and the taking of popular pain medication Tylenol by women when pregnant, elevating claims not backed by scientific evidence to the forefront of US health policy.

“The evidence remains inconsistent,” WHO spokesperson Tarik Jašarevi? told a Geneva press briefing when asked about a possible link between paracetemol use in pregnancy and autism.

“We know that vaccines do not cause autism. Vaccines, as I said, save countless lives. So this is something that science has proven, and these things should not be really questioned,” he added. — Reuters