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Fabricated Studies Found in Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again Report

Expert reviews have debunked key citations in the HHS secretary’s flagship children’s health report.

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US President Donald Trump (L) and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the release of the MAHA report at the White House on May 22, 2025

Overview

  • NOTUS analysis discovered that at least seven of the more than 500 studies cited in the MAHA report do not exist or contain inaccurate links and conclusions.
  • Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes confirmed that a paper credited to her in the report was never written by her or her colleagues and has no valid publication record.
  • A section on the “corporate capture of media” relies on two studies that cannot be located in any scientific journals, undermining its claims about drug advertisements.
  • Other researchers cited in the report say their work was mischaracterized or drawn from studies unrelated to the report’s topics and methods.
  • Kennedy has publicly lauded the report as “gold-standard” science even as its credibility erodes under expert scrutiny.