Pseudoscience
2014
2014-01-01 Dr. Oz has enriged himself by pushing several miracle cures, some of which the FTC had to release press releases about.
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DR OZ Green coffee bean extract for weight loss, FTC issued a press release on this twice https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2016/06/ftc-sending-refund-checks-totaling-more-9-million-consumers-who-bought-pure-health-or-genesis-today or here https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2015/01/spilling-beans-anatomy-diet-craze
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DR OZ Raspberry ketones for burning fat https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/much-were-paid-dr-oz-121301877.html
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DR OZ Forskolin miracle flower for fighting fat https://people.com/health/dr-oz-approved-weight-loss-supplements-do-they-really-work
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DR OZ Garcinia cambogia “holy grail” for weight loss and deemed possibly toxic with regular use https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0367326X15000544
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DR OZ HCG for weight loss, even though the FDA warned its unsupported
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DR OZ Selenium for cancer prevention https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/03/mehmet-oz-senate-television-show
2025 May
2025-05-30 James Comer sent RFK a letter saying 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://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” pseudoscience.
https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/maha-commission-report-childhood-disease-strategy.html
2025-09-22 Trump claimed without evidence Tylenol was bad for pregnant women, “Don’t take Tylenol. There’s no downside. Don’t take it. You’ll be uncomfortable. It won’t be as easy, maybe, but don’t take it. If you’re pregnant, don’t take Tylenol”.
https://www.fda.gov/media/188843/download
https://jheor.org/post/3465-trump-claims-no-downside-to-avoiding-tylenol-during-pregnancy-he-s-wrong
https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/sep/15/Tylenol-acetaminophen-pregnancy-autism-RFK/
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
2025-11-20 The CDC website was altered to promote claims linking vaccines and autism.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cdc-website-changes-to-include-false-claim-about-autism-and-vaccines/
https://autismsciencefoundation.org/press_releases/cdc-webpage/
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2470
https://www.cdc.gov/autism/faq/index.html
2026 January
2026-01-04 The Canadian Medical Association issued a warning that U.S. health and science institutions can no longer be relied upon for accurate guidance.
https://guides.hsict.library.utoronto.ca/beyondborders
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/canada-us-health-institutions-information
2026 February
2026-02-06 RFK claimed the keto diet can cure schizophrenia with no actual data or supporting evidence.
2026 April
2026-04-08 RFK received backlash for being “another podcaster” after launching a podcast to “expose” alleged “lies” about health.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWqK7K9Xzmk&list=WL&index=11
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5822769-secretary-kennedy-podcast-launch/
2026 July
2026-07-23 The FDA met to consider lifting a ban and widening access to peptides promoted by wellness influencers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQJ4KtECGYc&list=WL&index=2
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-peptides-review-regulations-unapproved-therapies/
2026-07-28 Allegedly Trump is planning to replace RFK for not fulfilling demands to link vaccines with autism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/trump-rfk-jr-cutting-vaccines
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/health/rfk-vaccine-dismantle
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/28/us/video/ebof-liz-essley-whyte-wsj-report
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-pressured-rfk-jr-slash-135010235.html
SUB WALL https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-rfk-jr-cut-vaccine-children-78582411
2026 August
2026-08-02 RFK lashed out in a tantrum during a CNN interview after being questioned about his conspiracy theories.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6004265-kennedy-bash-clash-vaccine-safety/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmun_86S5qk&list=WL&index=3
SUB WALL https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/02/rfk-jr-dana-bash-cnn-covid-01021641
2026-08-07 Trump signed an Executive Order which both links vaccines to autism and reduces or separates vaccine recommendations. In an efford to fearmonger Trump stated, “…where they have a vaccination thing that looks like the size of a bottle of soda poured into a little child’s body, and bad things happen in many ca, in too many cases, because this an explosion. This is an epidemic”.
TIMESTAMP 4:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rQYNOb2nh8&list=WL&index=1&t=268s
https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/vaccines/122557
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-childhood-vaccines-executive-order/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-vaccine-executive-order-autism.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuAZ-CcX1ZA&list=WL&index=2
2026-08-10 Republican Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana criticized Trump’s order to reduce childhood vaccines, stating, “I’m a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The president does not have the expertise to make these changes”.
https://www.pharmexec.com/view/order-cuts-childhood-vaccines-11-report
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6021261-cassidy-trump-mmr-vaccine-order/
2026-08-10 In response to Trump’s reducing childhood vaccines and tying vaccines to autism, The American Academy of Pediatrics stated, “There is no new evidence to justify significant changes to childhood immunization guidance. Dozens of studies involving millions of people show there is no link between vaccines and autism, and yet federal leaders continue to prom9ote this outdated, disproven idea to scare families”.
https://www.wbal.com/pediatricians-push-back-against-presidents-new-vaccine-order