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By AMANDA SEITZ
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House will fix errors in a much-anticipated
federal government report spearheaded by U.S. Health and Human Services
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which decried America's food supply,
pesticides and prescription drugs.
Kennedy's wide-ranging “Make America Healthy Again” report, released
last week, cited hundreds of studies, but a closer look by the news
organization NOTUS found that some of those studies did not actually
exist.
Asked about the report's problems, White House press secretary Karoline
Leavitt said the report will be updated.
“I understand there was some formatting issues with the MAHA report that
are being addressed and the report will be updated.” Leavitt told
reporters during her briefing. “But it does not negate the substance of
the report, which, as you know, is one of the most transformative health
reports that has ever been released by the federal government.
Kennedy has repeatedly said he would bring “radical transparency” and
“gold-standard” science to the public health agencies. But the secretary
refused to release details about who authored the 72-page report, which
calls for increased scrutiny of the childhood vaccine schedule and
describes the nation's children as overmedicated and undernourished.
Leavitt said that the White House has “complete confidence” in Kennedy.
“Minor citation and formatting errors have been corrected,” HHS
Spokesman Andrew Nixon said in an emailed statement. He described the
report as a “historic and transformative assessment by the federal
government to understand the chronic disease epidemic afflicting our
nation's children.”
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as
Education Secretary Linda McMahon listens during a Make America
Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Event in the East Room of the White
House, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn
Martin)
NOTUS reported Thursday that seven of the more than 500 studies cited in
the report did not appear to have ever been published. An author of one
study confirmed that while she conducted research on the topics of
anxiety in children, she never authored the report listed. Some studies
were also misinterpreted in the MAHA report. The problematic citations
were on topics around children's screen time, medication use and
anxiety.
Kennedy's MAHA report had already been stoking concerns among Trump
loyalists, including farmers who criticized how the report characterized
the chemicals sprayed on U.S. crops.
The report is supposed to be used to develop policy recommendations that
will be released later this year. The White House has requested a $500
million boost in funding from Congress for Kennedy's MAHA initiative.
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Associated Press writer Will Weissert contributed.
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