Trump administration 'MAHA' health report cited nonexistent studies

A highly-publicized U.S. government report on the health of American children referenced scientific studies that did not exist among citations to support its conclusions in what the White House said were "formatting issues" on Thursday.

The report produced by the Make America Healthy Again Commission, named after the slogan aligned with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was released last week. The 14-member commission included Kennedy, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Food and Drug Administration head Martin Makary among others.

It said processed food, chemicals, stress and overprescription of medications and vaccines may be factors behind chronic illness...