WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald

Trump said on Friday his administration would hold a news

conference next week to make an announcement regarding autism.

"We're going to have a news conference early next week on

autism, and I think you're going to see some things that we

learned," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

"Autism is totally out of control, and one of the

biggest, one of the most important things that in my opinion I

had to do is to see what's going on with autism," Trump said.

The Wall Street Journal

reported earlier

this month that U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

plans to announce that use of Kenvue's ( KVUE ) popular

over-the-counter pain medication Tylenol in pregnant women is

potentially linked to autism, contrary to medical guidelines

that say it is safe to use.