Pseudoscience

2025 May

2025-05-30 In a letter from James Comer of Kentucky to RFK, Comer outlined how MAHA cited several nonexistent and misinterpreted studies to support their claims. In the letter Comer demanded information about the process MAHA was using to draft their reports.

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-06-02-lynch-to-hhs-jfk-jt-re-maha-report.pdf

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-officials-downplay-fake-citations-high-profile-report-children-s-health

https://www.notus.org/health-science/make-america-healthy-again-report-citation-errors

2025 September

2025-09-09 RFK unveiled his “Make Our Children Healthy Again” initiative, with a sweeping overhaul to policies based on his version of “gold-standard science”.

https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/maha-commission-report-childhood-disease-strategy.html

2025 November

2025-11-01 Injecting peptides became the newest health trend.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/health/peptides-unregulated-influencers

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/feb/05/injectable-peptides-trend

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/23/nx-s1-5716162/peptides-science-muscle-growth-longevity-wellness

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr268m5pxro

2026 February

2026-02-06 RFK claimed the keto diet can cure schizophrenia with no actual data or supporting evidence.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-keto-diet-can-cure-schizophrenia-heres-what-the-science-says/