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.