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President Trump's Make America Health Again Commission released a highly anticipated report Thursday that gives Americans a clearer sense of HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s health agenda.

The big picture: The highly anticipated report hits some of RFK Jr.'s key targets: bad diets, overuse of medicine and corporate influence.

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RFK Jr.'s next target: A common weedkiller

RFK Jr. turns his food focus to infant formula

READ: MAHA Commission report slams corporate influence and "overmedicalization"

The Make America Health Again Commission, created by President Trump and led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., released its hotly anticipated children's health report.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate committee. Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

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President Trump&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Make America Health Again Commission" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/02/13/trump-maha-commission-rfk-chronic-illness" data-vars-content-id="8c1cd75a-ac5a-47c0-b09a-f42f1ecffb13" data-vars-headline="READ: MAHA Commission report slams corporate influence and &quot;overmedicalization&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/02/13/trump-maha-commission-rfk-chronic-illness" target="_self">Make America Health Again Commission</a> released a highly anticipated report Thursday that gives Americans a clearer sense of HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#x27;s health agenda.The big picture: The highly anticipated report hits some of RFK Jr.&#x27;s key targets: bad diets, overuse of medicine and corporate influence.

The U.S. health system faces critical questions about cost, access and equity. Technological advances and new discoveries about diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s are transforming patient care and reshaping public health.

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2024 will be an election year like no other, as President Biden seeks re-election amid economic uncertainty, two wars and questions about his age. His likely foe, former President Trump, faces felony charges and vows revenge on his political enemies. Meanwhile, Americans generally are dissatisfied with those choices and are divided over immigration, race, education and more.

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READ: MAHA Commission report slams corporate influence and "overmedicalization"

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