Well being and Human Providers (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated he’ll ban authorities scientists from publishing in main medical journals and proposed creating an “in-house” publication by the division.
“We are probably going to stop publishing in the Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and those other journals because they are all corrupt,” Kennedy stated throughout an episode of “The Ultimate Human” podcast.
Kennedy stated such publications are “vessels” for pharmaceutical firms.
The three publications Kennedy named have printed authentic, peer-reviewed analysis since their respective foundings within the 1800s. They’re all constantly ranked as the highest medical journals on the earth and are essential in sharing scientific info to hundreds of thousands of individuals throughout the globe.
JAMA alone receives greater than 30 million visits to its web site a yr.
Not one of the journals instantly responded to requests for remark from The Hill.
Kennedy stated businesses throughout the HHS will create their very own “in-house” journals that can grow to be the preeminent journals of their discipline.
“They are going to become the preeminent journals, because if you get NIH [National Institutes of Health] funding it is anointing you as a good, legitimate scientist,” he stated.
Kennedy’s feedback on the podcast come shortly after he introduced the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention will cease recommending the COVID-19 vaccine for kids and pregnant ladies. As of Wednesday, the company had not up to date their vaccine schedule to replicate Kennedy’s announcement.
His look on the podcast additionally comes per week after the Trump administration launched its MAHA report which contradicted many medical conventions, together with on vaccines and medicines which have lengthy been deemed protected.
Within the report, the administration expressed concern over youngsters taking too many medicines.
“There is a concerning trend of overprescribing medications to children, often driven by conflicts of interest in medical research, regulation, and practice,” the report reads. “This has led to unnecessary treatments and long-term health risks.”
Kennedy’s feedback and the report come because the scientific neighborhood grows more and more frightened the Trump administration will additional roll again scientific progress.
On Friday, Trump ordered federal businesses to overtake how they deal with their scientific analysis, blaming them for contributing to a loss in belief of science attributable to their dealing with of the COVID-19 pandemic and local weather change.
Hundreds of federal employees have been fired or laid off since Trump’s inauguration in late January and his administration’s sweeping funding cuts have brought about the NIH’s funding to fall by $3 billion since late January.
