US EditionUS Health Boss Kennedy Calls Medical Journals Corrupt
- U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testified on May 20, 2025, at Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, criticizing major medical journals as corrupt.
- Kennedy’s critique follows his belief that pharmaceutical companies control these journals and that government health agencies act as industry ‘‘sock puppets.’
- He warned that NIH researchers might be prevented from submitting their work to leading medical journals like The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine, and suggested that the National Institutes of Health could establish its own internal publications.
- Kennedy indicated a significant change in policy by stating that his team will likely cease submitting research to prominent medical journals such as The Lancet, JAMA, and the New England Journal of Medicine, which he accused of being influenced by corruption.
- This move aims to overhaul public health policy amid significant staffing cuts, funding freezes, and growing concern over misleading scientific reports within Kennedy’s department.
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Medical journal 'cartel' that demonized lab-leak, hydroxychloroquine shown the door by Kennedy
"My impression is that Bobby's comments were misinterpreted. He supports academic freedom also," NIH Director Bhattacharya says in response to portrayal that Secretary Kennedy undermined him.
Medical journal ‘cartel’ that demonized lab-leak, hydroxychloroquine shown the door by Kennedy – CLG News
Medical journal ‘cartel’ that demonized lab-leak, hydroxychloroquine shown the door by Kennedy | 29 May 2025 | The legitimacy of prestigious medical and scientific journals is under siege as the Trump administration threatens to take federal research elsewhere and scrutiny falls on their alleged coziness with regulators, interest groups and drugmakers, with perhaps the most serious consequences in the integrity of COVID-19 origin research. Healt…
Health Secretary Accused of Corrupt Medical Journals · Global Voices
The U.S. Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accused major medical journals of collaborating with the pharmaceutical industry and threatened to ban government scientists from publishing on them. Kennedy, for a long time critical of the federal government’s vaccines and public health policies, made his latest attacks on the scientific community on Tuesday in a podcast, especially against several medical research publications. “We’re proba…
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