White House moves to fix errors in MAHA commission report

• The White House on Thursday afternoon uploaded an updated version.

What they're saying: "I understand there were some formatting issues with the MAHA report that are being addressed and the report will be updated," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a press briefing Thursday.

• "But it does not negate the substance of the report, which, as you know, is one of the most transformative health reports that has ever been released by the federal government."
• HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in an email "minor citation and formatting errors have been corrected, but the substance of the MAHA report remains the same — a historic and transformative assessment by the federal government to understand the chronic disease epidemic afflicting our nation's children."

Zoom in: The report was developed in little more than three months and contained mainstream ideas combined with highly controversial elements, including doubts about the current childhood vaccine schedule.

• Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes, who was listed as author of a study on adolescent anxiety, told NOTUS she didn't write the paper that was referenced and was surprised to hear of the citation.
• Kennedy didn't detail who wrote the report but the 14-member commission is supposed to craft a strategy for how the federal government should respond under an executive order President Trump issued in February.

Editor's note: This article has been updated with HHS comment.

Maya Goldman contributed reporting.

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