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The editorial is titled Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The piece was authored by the Lancet's editorial board, and the front cover bears a quote from it, saying the destruction that Kennedy has wrought in one year might take generations to repair, unquote.
It catalogs many of his controversial actions, including the dismissal of agency employees, cuts to cutting-edge scientific research, and the undermining of vaccine policy.
An HHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment on the new editorial, but Secretary Kennedy has made no secret of his disdain for mainstream medical journals, including The Lancet.
Last year, he called them corrupt and beholden to the pharmaceutical industry.
The editorial is titled Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The piece was authored by the Lancet's editorial board, and the front cover bears a quote from it, saying the destruction that Kennedy has wrought in one year might take generations to repair, unquote.
It catalogs many of his controversial actions, including the dismissal of agency employees, cuts to cutting-edge scientific research, and the undermining of vaccine policy.
An HHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment on the new editorial, but Secretary Kennedy has made no secret of his disdain for mainstream medical journals, including The Lancet.
Last year, he called them corrupt and beholden to the pharmaceutical industry.
Much of the attention and the questioning, it was clear that Means had to walk a tightrope here.
You can get a sense from this exchange with Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, who's a doctor and chairs the committee.
Cassidy asked repeatedly if means would tell mothers to have their kids vaccinated against measles.
Would you encourage her to have her child vaccinated?
Another example was on the debunked link between autism and vaccines when Pressed Means said that science is never settled and that she supports Kennedy's effort to study this.