RFK Jr, HHS and Radical Transparency
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RFK Jr. rolls back transparency policy on Medicaid and NIH changes
So Much For RFK, Jr.'s Promise of 'Radical Transparency' at HHS
The Health and Human Service's secretary has inexplicably cancelled two vaccine-related advisory meetings since taking the helm of the agency.
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RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment on HHS decisions
Last fall, before being named the senior U.S. health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements,
Kennedy’s drug farm idea appears to be inspired by a decades-old program in Italy, where people who use drugs are made to work on a large farm. There have been accusations of abusive practices like shackling, beating, public shaming, and confinement in cages at these very farms. This is sadly not an anomaly.
Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, the head of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, joined Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the implications of axing the meeting.
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is closing the main avenue for members of the public to weigh in on pending health regulations and policy changes. | The HHS secretary said the public feedback mechanism is an obligation that imposes burden on the department.
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