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RFK Jr. has undermined the USPSTF, which is charged with recommending preventive health services, and then tried to justify his actions by accusing it of negligence. Silencing USPSTF hurts primary care and American patients.

The new Executive Order on vaccines is not supported by any scientific evidence demonstrating that the current childhood immunization schedule is unsafe or that its proposed changes would improve children's health.

The United States is struggling to contain the largest Cyclospora outbreak in US history but RFK Jr. claims the outbreak is under control and unrelated to cuts made to the US food safety surveillance system.

This week's Whopper is about RFK Jr.'s complicity in dismantling scientific agencies and his recent whoppers that “America will lead the next generation of medical discovery."

This week's Whopper is about RFK Jr.'s abysmal record on tobacco products and smoking cessation. RFK Jr. publicly promotes nicotine products while destroying government funding for cessation programs to help people who smoke quit smoking and making it easier to market flavored vapes and nicotine pouches that hook people on nicotine.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD reviews Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s science-deficient podcasts about psychiatric medications and longevity hacks. The whopper is treating anecdotes as scientific evidence.

RFK Jr recently announced that the prevalence of obesity in America has dropped by 2.5%. He didn't explain where he got the statistic, said it happened under Trump, and implied it had to do with Americans' diet. What RFK Jr did not talk about was the rapid rise in consumption of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss.

RFK Jr refuses to warn the public about the risks inherent in consuming raw milk and has said the FDA is suppressing access. As Secretary of Health, however, he has not yet tried to dismantle the federal ban on inter-state sales, and now says raw milk sales falls to the states. Why has he changed his tune?

RFK Jr. recently launched Moms.gov, a pro-natalist website to "foster healthy pregnancies."The website is the whopper because it is full of misinformation, omissions and deception. It also papers over the many Trump administration policies that endanger women’s health and put children at risk

RFK Jr. told Native American tribal leaders that Type 2 diabetes is curable through diet. His message of personal responsibility is overly simplistic and disregards the social determinants of health and diet and the critical importance of access to healthcare in preventing and treating diabetes.

RFK Jr has been silent as the Trump administration dismantles the federal loan programs which, for decades, ensured Americans could pursue careers in health. A better Secretary of Health would have fought to ensure the country has a vibrant and well-trained health care workforce.

Decades of research show no link between modern migration and the spread of infectious disease to host populations, but that didn't stop RFK Jr from blaming immigrants for communicable diseases in his testimony to Congress. His falsehoods increase stigma, discrimination and healthcare barriers faced by immigrants and refugees.