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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Michelle Del Rey

RFK Jr wants to ban government scientists from publishing in top journals and instead create a MAGA-backed publication

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr wants to ban top government scientists from publishing in “corrupt” medical journals and force them to present research in MAGA-backed publications instead.

During an appearance on the Ultimate Human podcast, Kennedy Jr said: “We’re probably going to stop publishing in the Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and those other journals because they’re all corrupt.” He claimed the journals are under the control of pharmaceutical companies, according to The Washington Post.

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