President Donald Trump has never claimed to follow a textbook diet. But when it comes to longevity, he continues to point to something he believes matters more than what’s on the plate: genetics. Speaking Friday at a White House event honoring the U.S. Naval Academy football team, Trump revisited a familiar claim about his health […]
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is hoping to loosen restrictions on 14 peptides the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned. Peptides are chains of amino acids, which are the “building blocks” of proteins, according to WebMD. Studies have shown that peptides can benefit the skin, muscles and metabolism. Scientists have been working on […]
What is glyphosate? It’s the world’s most used herbicide, best known in the U.S. as Roundup. American farmers alone spray about 300 million pounds of it on fields annually. Such chemical herbicides have long been opposed by environmental groups and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAGA-aligned Make America Healthy Again movement, which claims glyphosate […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kid Rock, and Mike Tyson are on the stage of American slopaganda telling us that “for the first time in our nation’s history, the federal government put REAL FOOD at the center of the American diet.” “Something” is finally being done about ultra-processed foods, harmful additives, environmental toxins, and corporate capture […]
Almost as soon as he recaptured the White House, President-elect Trump announced that he was choosing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who had amassed a substantial following while spreading falsehoods about vaccines — first through his nonprofit, Children’s Health Defense, and then through his Make America […]
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. If you live in much of California or the southwestern U.S., you’ve likely been muttering to yourself, “it’s hot in here.” Last week a heat dome that centered on that region but that […]
The School of Medicine & Health Sciences signed onto a nationwide Department of Health and Human Services initiative earlier this month to add mandatory nutrition education to school curricula starting next fall. The SMHS joined 52 other medical schools in the initiative on March 5, part of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America […]
CALIFORNIA — This week in California business news: Testing of flying taxis is underway, a TSA official is warning that airports may be closed as a consequence of the government shutdown, and an automaker has halted sales of some 2026 models after a child’s death. Additionally, celebrities flocking to In-N-Out has become a full-fledged tradition […]
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rapidly dismantling the nation’s vaccine infrastructure, gutting key safety committees and doing […]
Jack Schlossberg — a Democratic congressional candidate and grandson of late President John F. Kennedy — listed off several ways Donald Trump could receive the Profile in Courage Award, an honor created by the Kennedy family. Schlossberg, who looks to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) in a crowded race for his House seat, appeared […]
