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Helen Tager-Flusberg

@htagerf.bsky.social

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Semi-retired BU dev cog psycho ling. Focus on autism

Helen Tager-Flusberg is an American psychologist who is professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Science at Boston University and the Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). She is the Director of the Center for Autism Research Excellence at Boston University. .. more

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Helen Tager-Flusberg @htagerf.bsky.social · 12d

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Joining Center for Autism Research Excellence (CARE) Director Helen Tager-Flusberg @htagerf.bsky.social to discuss #autism, efforts to increase understanding of autism disorders.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 14d

Tylenol maker Kenvue is reeling after unsupported claims that its popular drug causes autism. Kennedy is unlikely to stop there.

RFK Jr. Is Targeting Vaccines And Tylenol. Are Prozac And Ozempic Next?

Tylenol maker Kenvue is reeling after unsupported claims that its popular drug causes autism. Kennedy is unlikely to stop there.

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Sam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social · 14d

Baccarelli was paid $700/hour for his work on a case against Tylenol. I will charge $0/hour to tell courts, FDA, and everyone else that correlations can arise from latent variables in the absence of a direct causal relationship.

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Harvard’s Public Health Dean Was Paid $150,000 to Testify Tylenol Causes Autism | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard School of Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli received at least $150,000 to testify against Tylenol’s manufacturer in 2023 — two years before he published research used by the Trump admini...

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Adele Goldberg @adelegoldberg.bsky.social · 16d

Gift article for any uniformed friends or family: experts overwhelmingly agree that the apparent increase in autism in USA is due to broader inclusion criteria and diagnoses. It is NOT caused by tylenol or vaccines
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...

Opinion | ‘This May Be the Most Difficult Day in My Career’: Experts React to Trump’s Autism Remarks

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · Sep 5

Nice to see organizations like the @autismsciencefd.bsky.social and @defendpublichealth.bsky.social getting ahead of these potential forthcoming claims in RFK Jr.'s eventual autism report. More of this needed and in other forums too. 🛟😷🧪 sociology

Here's Autism Science Foundation's statement...

Statement from Autism Science Foundation Regarding Wall Street Journal Report “RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies” - Autism Science Foundation

(September 5, 2025, 4:00 pm ET) This afternoon, The Wall Street Journal reported that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will announce later this month that Tylenol has been identified as a cause of...

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Helen Tager-Flusberg @htagerf.bsky.social · Aug 31

How Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s Anti-Vax Agenda Is Infecting America