MAHA Commission
| Make America Healthy Again Commission | |
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Established by | Donald Trump on February 13, 2025 |
| Related Executive Order number(s) | 14212 |
| Membership | |
| Chairperson | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. |
The Make America Healthy Again Commission is a United States advisory committee. The committee was established by president Donald Trump in February 2025.
History
[edit]On February 13, 2025, hours after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as secretary of health and human services by the Senate, president Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the Make America Healthy Again Commission.[1] The order directed the commission to examine the "prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs" within one hundred days.[2] The commission was also tasked with researching childhood diseases and mental disorders, including autism.[3] Kennedy, the committee's chairman, stated in his address that he would use the commission to criticize childhood vaccine schedules and psychiatric medicines.[4] He privately convened the committee's inaugural meeting in March.[1]
The commission released a preliminary report on May 22.[5] According to The New York Times, Nancy Beck, the principal deputy assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency overseeing the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, pushed to restrain mentions of pesticides in the commission's report.[6] The Wall Street Journal reported that Kennedy's criticisms of pesticides drew ire from some Trump officials.[7] NOTUS later reported that the report had included fake citations.[8]
Organization
[edit]The commission is chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and includes other Trump officials, including secretary of education Linda McMahon and director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought.[1]
References
[edit]Works cited
[edit]- Blum, Dani; Astor, Maggie (May 29, 2025). "White House Health Report Included Fake Citations". The New York Times. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
- Diamond, Dan (April 4, 2025). "NIH prepares to launch new research into autism causes, a Trump priority". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- Nirappil, Fenit; Cha, Ariana; Gilbert, Caitlin (February 17, 2025). "Trump casts psychiatric and weight-loss drugs as threats to children". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- Peterson, Kristina; Dawsey, Josh; Whyte, Liz (May 14, 2025). "Trump Officials Balk at RFK Jr.'s Attack on Pesticides". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (March 11, 2025). "Kennedy Will Convene a New Health Commission in Private". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- Stolberg, Sheryl Gay; Jewett, Christina (February 18, 2025). "Kennedy Says 'Nothing' Off Limits in Scrutinizing Chronic Disease". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- Stolberg, Sheryl Gay; Blum, Dani (May 22, 2025). "Kennedy and Trump Paint Bleak Picture of Chronic Disease in U.S. Children". The New York Times. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
- Tabuchi, Hiroko (May 20, 2025). "Kenneds Allies Against Pesticides: Environmentalists, Moms and Manly Men". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2025.