Season 12 • Episode 965

965 - Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Medication Use During Pregnancy

Oct 20, 2025

12:21

Women's Health Public Health Pregnancy & Maternal Health Health Policy Autism Spectrum

Episode Description

About this episode:

Prescribing medicine to address fever or pain in pregnancy is a delicate task with a need to consider both potential benefits and risks. In this episode: Obstetrician Dr. Angie Jelin shares how she discusses Tylenol use with expectant parents in the context of emerging evidence and recent news from the federal government.

Guests:

Dr. Angie Jelin is the assistant director of prenatal genetics at the Prenatal Diagnostic Center in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

Host:

Dr. Josh Sharfstein is distinguished professor of the practice in Health Policy and Management, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department.

Show links and related content:

Autism Risk Linked to Fever During Pregnancy—Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Interpreting the Data on Tylenol, Pregnancy, and Autism—Public Health On Call (September 2025)

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