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MAHA Idealism Meets Political Reality as RFK Jr. Attempts to Wrangle a Growing Movement
Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., about 4,400 NIH grants were cut, halting hundreds of clinical trials and affecting over 74,000 participants, amid a major HHS overhaul.
- This year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered a transformation that led HHS to lay off about 10,000 employees and stop more than 4,400 NIH grants, Grant Witness found.
- Winding down mRNA vaccine development led officials to promote reprioritizing research, with Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority canceling almost $500 million in investments affecting 22 projects while Kennedy said `Our purpose is not to reduce any level of scientific research that’s important.`
- A November JAMA Internal Medicine research letter found 383 NIH-supported clinical trials lost funding from Feb. 28 to Aug. 15, affecting over 74,000 clinical trial participants and halting projects at UCSF and Emory University.
- Although courts ordered restorations, Grant Witness reported about 52% of NIH grants were reinstated as of Nov. 19, but 2,500 grants remain frozen or terminated, Kennedy said `There’s a number of studies that were cut that came to our attention and that did not deserve to be cut and we reinstated them.`
- Internal criticism of MAHA has intensified, with former officials and Gray Delany saying `MAHA is not MAHA anymore`, warning fissures could threaten its alliance with President Donald Trump.
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MAHA idealism meets political reality as RFK Jr. attempts to wrangle a growing movement
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fending off criticism from his own base as some of the environmental and anti-vaccine activists who propelled him into politics have said they want stronger action against vaccines and pharmaceutical companies.
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