The upcoming U.S. Dietary Guidelines will instead be influenced by a competing study, favored by industry, which found that moderate alcohol consumption was healthy.
Studies over the last decade of acetaminophen use in pregnancy -- including a recent scientific review -- have yielded mixed results but have not found a causal connection.
Health officials have recorded 28 suspected cases and 15 fatalities so far in the latest outbreak of the deadly virus, which has claimed thousands of lives in previous outbreaks in the Central African country.
During often tense exchanges, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his positions on Covid vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and autism.
Some Republican lawmakers have questioned whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent actions contradict pledges he made about vaccine access in order to win confirmation.