US EditionRFK Jr.’s war on scientific expertise destroyed 27% of agency's advisor panels
Kennedy is pushing for a federal ultra-processed food label amid criticism that his health claims overstate scientific evidence and risk public misinformation.
- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is restructuring federal advisory panels to align with the "Make America Healthy Again" campaign, terminating committees across the NIH, CDC, and FDA.
- Kennedy claims diet can "cure" schizophrenia and diabetes, urging Americans to "eat real food" and arguing nutrition is an "incredibly overlooked area" in the medical system.
- American Psychiatric Association President Theresa Miskimen Rivera fears Kennedy's rhetoric drives patients to abandon proven treatments, while researcher Christopher Palmer implores patients: "Please do not stop your medications on your own."
- Terminated committees include those focused on childhood vaccines, Alzheimer's, and the Preventive Services Task Force, while HHS appointed new members to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee who hold debunked vaccine views.
- Public Citizen senior health researcher Michael Abrams warned that silencing external experts undermines biomedical research and vaccine policy, arguing these actions make the Department vulnerable to stagnation and corruption.
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RFK Jr. Makes Food Sound Like a Miracle Drug. Researchers Say He Often Overstates the Science
(AP) – In the Trump administration’s campaign to promote healthy eating, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has not stopped at his slogan urging people to “eat real food” to prevent disease. In recent speeches and podcast appearances, the nation’s health secretary also has claimed that diet can “cure” schizophrenia and diabetes and allow people to rid […]
RFK Jr. Risks a Return of Childhood Plagues
ProPublica: “Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who founded an antivaccine group and once likened the immunization of children to a holocaust, is transforming a government that long championed the lifesaving benefits of shots into one that spreads doubts about their safety here and abroad.” “Kennedy is also considering changes that could prompt the few companies that make vaccines for American kids to abandon the U.S. market, leaving parents who want the sh…
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