Editorial: Banning Those Rx Ads: Why Are Trump and RFK Jr. Targeting Pharma Ads?

ANOTHER VIEW: Banning those Rx ads: Why are Trump and RFK Jr. targeting pharma ads?

There are plenty of good reasons to ban the TV advertising of prescription drugs, but coming from the anti-science, anti-medicine Trump administration and the dangerous anti-vaccine crackpot Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the motivation is suspect.

Their View: Why are Trump, RFK Jr. targeting pharma ads?

There are plenty of good reasons to ban the TV advertising of prescription drugs, but coming from the anti-science, anti-medicine Trump administration and the dangerous anti-vaccine Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the motivation is suspect.

Their View: Why are Trump and RFK Jr. targeting pharma ads?

There are plenty of good reasons to ban the TV advertising of prescription drugs, but coming from the anti-science, anti-medicine Trump administration and the dangerous anti-vaccine Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the motivation is suspect.

Editorial: Banning those Rx ads: Why are Trump and RFK Jr. targeting pharma ads?

There are plenty of good reasons to ban the TV advertising of prescription drugs, but coming from the anti-science, anti-medicine Trump administration and the dangerous anti-vaccine crackpot Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the motivation is suspect.

Banning those Rx ads: Why are Trump and RFK Jr. targeting pharma ads?

There are plenty of good reasons to ban the TV advertising of prescription drugs, but coming from the anti-science, anti-medicine Trump administration and the dangerous anti-vaccine crackpot Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the motivation is suspect. It is aimed to attack the pharmaceutical companies? Or hurt the revenues of the TV networks? Or both? We are more than skeptical that the underlying reason has much to do w…

HHS Unveils Sweeping Child Health Strategy, Moves to Tighten Drug Ads and Block Illegal E-Cigarettes

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week rolled out a series of high-profile actions aimed at reshaping child health policy, tightening oversight of pharmaceutical advertising, and cracking down on illegal e-cigarette imports. On Sept. 9, the Make America Healthy Again Commission, chaired by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., unveiled the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy, a plan featuring more than …