White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.'s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report
- Last week in Washington, D.C., Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who leads the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, unveiled the 72-page report titled Make America Healthy Again.
- The report calls for increased scrutiny of childhood vaccines and cites over 500 studies, but some sources, including seven studies, were found not to exist.
- The White House spokesperson acknowledged some formatting and citation errors in the report and confirmed that revisions are underway, while emphasizing continued full confidence in Kennedy.
- HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon characterized the report as a groundbreaking federal evaluation of chronic illness in children and confirmed that minor inaccuracies have been addressed.
- The administration requested $500 million in funding for Kennedy's initiative, with policy recommendations expected later this year after correcting report errors.
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White House tackles fake citations in MAHA report
What happenedThe White House Thursday acknowledged and scrambled to correct problems with the "Make America Healthy Again Commission" report released last week by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The MAHA report's citations "are rife with errors, from broken links to misstated conclusions," NOTUS reported Thursday morning, and several of the cited sources "don't appear to exist at all." Other news organizations identifie…
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