"Even within the freakshow that is Donald Trump's cabinet, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a singular knack for dominating the headlines with the most disturbing sort of carnivalesque spectacle. In recent months, he's amplified harmful disinformation linking Tylenol and autism and dismissed the entire CDC vaccine advisory committee, replacing them with skeptics and conspiracy theorists. And even as that agency debated and ultimately scrapped its hepatitis B vaccination recommendation for newborns, Kennedy courted further controversy for his alleged involvement in a tabloid-fodder love triangle."
"But focusing exclusively on RFK Jr.'s transgressions risks overlooking the broader exploits of the Make America Healthy Again movement. While his never-ending font of personal and professional controversies draws national news coverage, a dangerous array of MAHA initiatives flies under the radar-including hundreds of state-level legislative efforts to roll back public health advances. According to a recent AP investigation, more than 420 such bills have been introduced in states across the US this year, primarily targeting favorite MAHA fixations like immunization, fluoridation, and raw milk."
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has dominated headlines by amplifying disinformation linking Tylenol and autism and by dismissing the CDC vaccine advisory committee. The Make America Healthy Again movement advances numerous state-level initiatives to roll back public-health measures, especially around immunization, fluoridation, and raw milk access. An AP investigation found more than 420 such bills introduced nationwide this year, with dozens enacted—Idaho passed a Medical Freedom Act banning vaccine mandates, Arkansas expanded raw milk sales, and Utah and Florida enacted water fluoridation bans. Some proposals are extreme, such as a Minnesota attempt to criminalize mRNA treatments as 'weapons of mass destruction,' and these measures undermine decades of scientific public-health consensus.
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