In the Trump administration’s quest to “Make America Healthy Again,” there may be no bigger target than ultraprocessed foods. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has cited “highly chemically processed foods” as a chief culprit behind an epidemic of chronic disease in the U.S., including ailments such as obesity, diabetes and autoimmune […]
Thanks chiefly to President Trump’s pick as the country’s new health secretary, seed oils are at the center of a debate that has reached boiling point in the United States. Seed oils poisoning Americans, RFK claims Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who in February was sworn in as the head of the U.S.’s Department of Health […]
RFK Jr directs FDA to revise ‘self-affirm’ rule to improve food ingredient safety The Guardian US Food additive safety under scrutiny as RFK Jr. meets with industry leaders CBS News RFK Jr. Gives Food Companies Ultimatum to Remove Artificial Dyes Bloomberg Source link
(Bloomberg) — US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to meet with top executives from major food firms on Monday, Politico reported Saturday. Most Read from Bloomberg Officials from General Mills Inc., maker of products such as Cheerios and Bisquick, and PepsiCo Inc., which produces beverages and snack foods, are […]
The Dangers of R.F.K., Jr.,’s Measles Response The New Yorker Amid a growing measles outbreak, doctors worry RFK Jr. is sending the wrong message NPR Opinion | I’m a doctor. Don’t fall for this myth about vitamin A and measles. MSNBC Source link
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to conduct a large-scale study to re-examine whether there is a connection between vaccines and autism, federal officials said Friday. Dozens of scientific studies have failed to find evidence of a link. But the C.D.C. now falls under the purview of Health and Human Services Secretary […]
RFK Jr. ShutterStock Robert F. Kennedy Jr., during his 2024 independent presidential campaign, was a vocal advocate for cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin. He actively campaigned for establishing a US Bitcoin Reserve, and pro-crypto leadership in the White House. He even disclosed significant investments in bitcoin which included a purchase of 21 Bitcoins with three allocated for […]
A pair of Republican senators are taking aim at taxpayer subsidies for hyper-addictive junk food delivered to the poor under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Last week, Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama introduced the Healthy SNAP Act, which would reform federal food stamps to prohibit items with […]
The day before Donald Trump won the 2024 Presidential election, I wrote a post describing his health advisor, longtime antivaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as an “extinction-level threat” to federal public health and science-based health policy, if Trump were to win. Unfortunately for those who care about public health, Trump did win the election […]
