{"id":9028,"date":"2025-08-13T09:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=9028"},"modified":"2025-08-13T09:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:30:20","slug":"distracting-the-public-group-of-health-professionals-call-for-rfk-jr-to-be-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/distracting-the-public-group-of-health-professionals-call-for-rfk-jr-to-be-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Distracting the public\u2019: group of health professionals call for RFK Jr to be removed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A grassroots organization of health professionals have released a report outlining major health challenges in the US and calling for the removal of Robert F Kennedy Jr<\/a> from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).<\/p>\n

The report<\/a> from Defend Public Health, a new organization of about 3,000 health professionals and allies, is an attempt to get ahead of misinformation and lack of information from health officials.<\/p>\n

In an effort to keep making progress in public health, Defend Public Health\u2019s report was slated to coincide with that of the anticipated second US report to \u201cmake America healthy again\u201d (Maha). The first Maha report was released<\/a> in May, and a second report was expected this week \u2013 but amid turmoil at the health agencies, it has reportedly<\/a> been delayed for several weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Maha report is essentially a distraction from the real causes of poor health,\u201d said Elizabeth Jacobs, professor emerita at the University of Arizona and a founding member of Defend Public Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis administration does not want to address things like poverty and education and access to healthcare. Instead, they\u2019re distracting the public with information on solutions to problems that don\u2019t actually exist. When the foundation of your policy is not evidence-based, it will collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A grassroots organization of health professionals have released a report outlining major health challenges in the US and calling for the removal of Robert F Kennedy Jr<\/a> from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).<\/p>\n

The report<\/a> from Defend Public Health, a new organization of about 3,000 health professionals and allies, is an attempt to get ahead of misinformation and lack of information from health officials.<\/p>\n

In an effort to keep making progress in public health, Defend Public Health\u2019s report was slated to coincide with that of the anticipated second US report to \u201cmake America healthy again\u201d (Maha). The first Maha report was released<\/a> in May, and a second report was expected this week \u2013 but amid turmoil at the health agencies, it has reportedly<\/a> been delayed for several weeks.<\/p>\n

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