Robert F. Kennedy Jr. emphasized chronic diseases over infectious ones during his Senate testimony for the Health and Human Services secretary position. He aims to address rising rates of diabetes, cancer, asthma, and obesity, claiming these should be prioritized over infectious diseases. However, his claims regarding funding disparities between chronic and infectious diseases research are disputed by government records. Kennedy also faced scrutiny over his past anti-vaccine rhetoric and conspiracy theory promotion.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made clear in testimony before the Senate this week that if confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary, his focus would be on chronic diseases over infectious ones. “We’ve devoted all of these dollars to infectious disease and to drug development and very little to chronic disease,” Kennedy said Thursday before the Senate Committee on Health , Education, Labor and Pensions.
In several of his responses to senators, Kennedy said he believes that research into the etiology, or root causes and origins, of chronic diseases is particularly lacking. Kennedy has a long-standing interest in possible connections between environmental toxins and human health. “There’s almost nothing at NIH, very, very little, a low percentage of its budget, a $42 billion budget, that is devoted to finding out why we’re having this obesity epidemic.
CHRONIC DISEASES ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SENATE HEARING NIH FUNDING
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