Health and human service Secretary Robert f. Kennedy JuniorOn Tuesday, during a podcast attendance, major medical magazines threatened, warning that government scientists could be prevented from publishing “corrupt” publications.
During an appearance on the “Ultimet Human” podcast, Kennedy targeted the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), and the lensate, accused of publishing studies, which were alliances with the interests of the pharmaceutical industry.
RFK JR: “We are probably going to stop publishing in Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Jama and other magazines because they are all corrupt.” pic.twitter.com/oivwby9gxh
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Referring to the National Institute of Health, Kennedy said, “We are going to prevent NIH scientists from publishing them and we are going to make our own magazines at home.”
Kennedy’s comment follows one’s release White House supported report He said that pharmaceutical overrech, overprised drugs, and institutional fear may contribute to the increasing rates of chronic disease in children. The report claims that the impact of the industry has discouraged open scientific investigation into the underlying health issues.
Kennedy claimed that even the editors of the publications agreed to him.
He in the words of Kennedy on Nejam’s editor Marsia Engel, “We are no longer a science magazine, we are a ship for pharmaceutical promotion.” Said: “It is not possible to believe in clinical research that is published now.”
The former presidential candidate also quoted 2015 from Liberty Editor, Richard Horton, Liberty Parafrasing. Kennedy said, “We are no longer science magazines, we are about promoting pharmaceutical products and that is what we do.”
“Most scientific literature, perhaps half, can be just untrue,” Horton SaidIt is published research, “suffering from the size, small impact, invalid discovery analysis and study of interests with major conflicts of interests, while admitting that it is published.”
The magazines cited by Kennedy have not yet responded to his comments.
Meanwhile, NIH Director, J Bhattacharya and FDA Commissioner Marti Makeri have launched their alternative journal, The Journal of the Academy of Public Health.
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