Trump health commission expected to miss its deadline
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report-originally scheduled for release by August 12-seeks to highlight what the
Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) has described as a "
chronic disease epidemic
" affecting both children and adults across the United States.
HHS did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The commission was established by an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on February 13, 2025 and is chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Its mandate includes developing broad policy recommendations intended to guide multiple federal agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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