Overview

• At least four citations in the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report, including studies attributed to Columbia University epidemiologist Noah Kreski and Baylor pediatrician Harold Farber, cannot be found in any academic journal.
• White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt has attributed the phantom citations to formatting errors and said the administration will revise the document.
• The Democratic Party has denounced the report as being “riddled with false information,” accusing its authors of relying on nonexistent sources to justify health policy recommendations.
• The report, published May 22, links ultra-processed foods, pesticides and screen time to chronic diseases in children and casts doubt on vaccine safety.
• Robert Kennedy Jr. has accused major medical journals of being “corrupted” by pharmaceutical companies, intensifying the dispute over the report’s credibility.