US: How MAHA commission report on children’s health ‘embarrassed’ RFK Jr and Donald Trump administration

The latest Donald Trump administration report on children's health in the United States has left the 'Make America Healthy Again' (MAHA) commission and its chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr in an awkward situation.

 

The health report published by the commission had left the researchers baffled as it was cited that the research material was "totally fabricated". 

 

Over the last week, two versions of the report were released, first on May 22 and another updated one on May 29. However, on close monitoring of the studies quoted in the report, it was found that the entire findings were completely fabricated. 

 

The fabrication was flagged by the academics who were wrongly listed as the authors of those studies in the report. 

 

The focus of the 72-page report was on the chronic disease crisis among children in the US. The report also called for increased scrutiny of the childhood vaccine schedule and described the nation's children as "overmedicated" and "undernourished". 

 

According to the academics, the causes of the crisis listed in detail were based on 'fabricated' studies. 

 

It was found that the updated version of the report, which cited over 500 studies, quoted seven sources which do not exist, and reported the US's digital news outlet NOTUS. 

 

Meanwhile, the Trump administration blamed 'formatting issues' for the cause of the error. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said MAHA will work on the report and publish an update. 

 

Leavitt said the White House had “complete confidence” in Kennedy.

 

MAHA was the brainchild of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, US Health and Human Services Secretary. The report is supposed to be used to develop policy recommendations that will be released later this year.

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