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MAHA Action’s Weekly Calls Draw Administration Figures and Celebrity Cameos

The semi-public forum has become a conduit for MAHA messaging mixing policy updates with fringe health claims.

Overview

  • NOTUS reports that CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz is a recurring participant who offers brief administration updates and urged restraint on the FDA’s Tylenol-in-pregnancy guidance, saying the evidence does not show causation with autism.
  • Senior White House adviser Calley Means told attendees the administration is inviting a public conversation and practicing science by airing contested health questions.
  • Organizer Tony Lyons says the latest call drew more than 5,000 attendees, with open registration and participants joining from across the U.S. and overseas.
  • The sessions combine official policy talk with fringe assertions, including chat claims about fluoride, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has directed the CDC to review fluoride supplementation.
  • Celebrity cameos—such as Cheryl Hines appearing before Kennedy’s Senate testimony and Russell Brand calling in from a bathtub—highlight a professionalized, spectacle-driven format.