Trump admin corrects RFK Jr.’s MAHA report after citation errors
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The Trump administration on Thursday corrected several citations in its “Make America Healthy Again” report, adding to scrutiny of its scientific rigor. The report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., paints a dire picture of children’s health in the United States.
The corrections came after the nonprofit news outlet NOTUS identified several citations referencing papers that did not exist. NBC News verified that four such papers were nonexistent. One citation listed in the report as a December 2022 study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics on changes in mental health and substance use among adolescents during the pandemic does not appear in that journal issue...
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