Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Proposes NIH Shift Focus from Infectious to Chronic Diseases for Eight Years

Anti-vaccine advocate and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vows to prioritize chronic illnesses like diabetes and obesity over infectious diseases like COVID and measles at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), pledging to appoint an attorney general targeting medical journals reluctant to publish vaccine skeptical studies.

• Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., founder of the country's largest anti-vaccine organization, Children's Health Defense, stated his intention to cause the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to shift funding and research away from infectious disease for eight years.
• As part of this plan, Kennedy proposes that the NIH should primarily focus on chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity, instead of diseases like measles and COVID-19.
• Kennedy's comments were made during an anti-vaccine conference in Savannah, Georgia, which was hosted by Kennedy's Children’s Health Defense.
• If elected, Kennedy also pledges to appoint an attorney general who would pursue legal action against medical journals refusing to publish vaccine-skeptical studies.
• In a recent poll, Kennedy received 22% support against President Joe Biden (39%) and former President Donald Trump (36%).

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