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What can Trump and RFK Jr. actually do on health care?

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79% Informative

The rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has opened the door to more attacks on the pharmaceutical industry.

RFK Jr. wants to end television drug ads as does Calley Means , who is now part of the MAHA inner circle.

Kennedy has pushed the disproven idea that vaccines cause autism and founded a nonprofit to promote theories linking vaccines to other conditions.

GOP lawmakers are also eager for public health reform, including restructuring NIH and retooling its funding.

Trump has talked about cleaning up “corruption” at those agencies and reorienting them towards a chronic disease focus.

GOP lawmakers want to bar controversial “gain-of-function” research on infectious pathogens.

The president-elect has promised he would disband the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response .

Biden launched the office in July 2023 amid ongoing coronavirus cases, mpox surveillance and an emerging H5N1 bird flu outbreak.

There are also questions about how a second Trump presidency works with the rest of the world on health issues.

VR Score

80

Informative language

79

Neutral language

41

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

62

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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