Trump’s scientific agenda is clear, Katherine J. Wu writes
Today’s must-read: His administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.
 

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In its pursuit of new research into autism and trans health care, the Trump administration is perverting the basic principles of good science, Katherine J. Wu writes.

One of the most notable things about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a federal agency tasked with “improving the health, safety, and well-being of America”—is how confidently he distorts the basics of health, safety, and well-being.

In his short stint as health secretary, Kennedy has touted cod-liver oil as a valid measles treatment (it’s not), said that Americans are being “poisoned” by seed oils (they’re not), and claimed that “many” vaccines are not adequately safety-tested (they are). And he has readily cherry-picked and exaggerated findings to suit his own needs.

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