FEBRUARY 2025 | VOLUME 42, NO. 2 Kennedy Begins Controversial Tenure Amid Scant Protest BY PAUL NATINSKY As Robert F. Kennedy eases into away from federal policymaking, state of Louisiana. Facing reelection in I asked Udow-Phillips how she would the Health...
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FEBRUARY 2025 | VOLUME 42, NO. 2 Kennedy Begins Controversial Tenure Amid Scant Protest BY PAUL NATINSKY As Robert F. Kennedy eases into away from federal policymaking, state of Louisiana. Facing reelection in I asked Udow-Phillips how she would the Health and Human Services insinuated that health institutions 2026, Cassidy might have been out of advise the healthcare community. director’s chair, his flashpoints and intentionally bury inconvenient evidence political capital. “They are behind the eight ball in my shortcomings are widely publicized, but and proposed lopping off entire parts of “The medical community needs to view and they need to accelerate. lightly opposed. the health regulatory structure.” speak the truth and needs to stand up “I would have been more vocal if I was Kennedy’s skeptical views on vaccine But the AMA, the pharmaceutical for patients and for science, because in the medical community about the effectiveness and safety, fondness for industry and the American
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