Overview
- The plan centers on a new vaccine framework, expanded investigation of reported injuries, and an NIH-led push to study autism by linking insurance claims, electronic health records, and wearable-device data.
- Authors identify poor diet, chemical exposure, overmedicalization, and limited physical activity as drivers of childhood chronic disease while proposing a Real World Data Platform that has prompted privacy concerns.
- Beyond vaccines and autism, the document targets ultra-processed foods, fluoride guidance, and pharmaceutical marketing, as the FDA moved against misleading drug ads and President Trump signed a memo tightening ad oversight.
- Scientists and medical groups fault the report’s evidence gaps and Kennedy’s leadership, citing CDC upheaval, advisory-panel purges, and vaccine policy changes as threats to public confidence.
- Implementation remains uncertain with proposed 40 percent NIH cuts and split appropriators, as House lawmakers pitch $100 million for a new Administration for a Healthy America and Senate negotiators offer no dedicated funds.