While authorities reassure pregnant women that use of the common painkiller is safe, experts fear the claims have already taken hold across social media.

The president of the Australia Medical Association (AMA) has stressed that paracetamol has been deemed by the TGA to be safe for use during pregnancy, following US President Donald Trump’s claims this morning that pregnant women should not take the drug and that it was connected to autism in children.

The federal government is scrambling for answers after US officials raised concerns about a common pregnancy medication.

The US president’s comments fly in the face of medical consensus around which analgesics are safe during pregnancy. This has left many confused.

Australia’s top medical experts have stressed that paracetamol is safe to use during pregnancy, pushing back against US President Donald Trump's sensational claims that it could raise autism risk. Trump on Tuesday said he believed pregnant women should "strongly" limit the use of paracetamol unless they had an "extremely high fever" that they

Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles has urged pregnant women not to listen to Donald Trump’s untested claims they should not be taking paracetamol because it causes autism, urging women to instead go to their doctor if they’re concerned.