Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Recently confirmed secretary in terms of health and social serviceswill chair a new commission focused on the fight against chronic diseases.
President Donald Trump created the committee on Thursday a decree he delivered Only a few hours after the Senate confirmed Kennedy. The Make America Healthy Again commission, as it is called, will be made up of several federal senior officials, including the administrator of the environmental protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner and the Directors of the National Institutes of Health and centers for the control and prevention of diseases.
Public health experts remain alarmed About Kennedy’s boom in a marginal figure in the world of alternative health that has approved a variety of demystified ideas in one of the oldest and most influential positions in American health care. He said he would support the vaccination calendar recommended by the CDC, but that did not do much to support the concerns that he could promote an anti-vaccine program with HHS.
Doctors and researchers across the country Stay on alert for financing cuts After the NIH suddenly sought to limit what is called indirect fundingwhich helps cover costs such as equipment, maintenance and staff. The NIH oversees 60,000 subsidies per year support around 300,000 researchers.
The decree reflects many priorities that Kennedy shared during his confirmation audiences last month. He suggested taking a research break on infectious diseases in favor of Study the origins of chronic diseasesAlthough scientists say that the two areas are closely linked. He also pleaded for more strict regulations for food additives and environmental chemicals to better align with European standards.
Order requires national emphasis on reducing chronic disease rates in the United States, highlighting the increase in cancer rates, obesity, diabetes, asthma and autistic spectrum disorder.
“Americans of all ages become more sick, assaulted by diseases that our medical system is not effectively addressed. These trends harm us, our economy and our security, ”he says.
The ordinance establishes a policy aimed at eliminating conflicts of interest in health research funded by the federal government, supports research on “the deep causes of the reason why Americans fall sick” and work with farmers to Make sure food in the United States is the healthiest and most affordable world. “”
Under the decree, the Commission has 100 days to submit a report to the President on infant health issues. The report will include an evaluation of “the threat according to which the potential overuse of drugs, certain food ingredients, certain chemicals and certain other exhibitions present themselves to children”, as well as “prevalence and threat” of antidepressants, d ‘Antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants and weight loss drugs.
The Commission also has 180 days to submit a strategy to restructure the federal government’s response to chronic diseases in children, in particular “to end federal practices that exacerbate the health crisis or try without success to resolve it”.