When he started at HHS, RFK Jr. repeatedly promised his department would operate with “radical transparency” and produce only “gold-standard science.” He hasn’t delivered on those promises. connect.kff.org/the-week-in-...

Here’s an intelligent chatbot you’ll want to try. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/heres-an-i...

Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, with health data being the leading category affected, wiping out findings that don’t align with its priorities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

How to evaluate news about a new blood test screening for colorectal cancer. What was missing in what I read. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/how-to-eva...

Continuing clash between MAGA and MAHA advocates over environmental health issues. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/the-contin...

26-year old son-in-law of US Transportation Secretary, running for Congress, endorsed by Trump, spreads misinformation about alleged “transgender goat surgery.” garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/politician...

Wisconsin Congressional candidate claims the government is wasting $$$ on transgender goat surgery. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/politician...

RFK Jr. promotes more preventive health screening while slashing the funding that would provide the evidence to support such screening. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/questions-...

Death by a thousand cuts. And a NY Times reporter was denied access to materials that were supposed to be available for public review. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...

The National Institutes of Health are experiencing some unhealthy times. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/235-words-...

Coffee - the icon of miscommunicated observational studies. And we saw another round this week. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/coffee-ico...

RFK Jr. & Trump administration cannot truthfully imply or claim that they are the reason for a drop in US obesity rates. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/wrong-rfk-...

When you see X was “linked to” Y in a study, what does that really mean? Count the number of “linked to” stories you see in a day. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/what-does-...

A couple of gems from Howard Wolinsky, veteran health care journalist-turned-prostate cancer patient advocate. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/men-are-no...

Politicians who act like they understand science are often shown to be in over their heads. There’s no such thing as transgender mice, but this lawmaker wants to ban them anyway. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/us-rep-nan...

Brain aging reversed by nasal spray?!? Rats…it’s only in mice. The headlines couldn’t squeak by us. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/brain-agin...

If @notus.com is right about this, it feels like the latest threat against the integrity of the US Preventive Services Task Force. open.substack.com/pub/garyschw...

RFK Jr. aide may get her Dad hired to head a key federal health task force. What are his qualifications? garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-aid...

My analysis of this The New York Times story, in brief: “Why not wait until there’s far more robust evidence on all of these things?” At this stage, “may” also means “may not.” garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/common-med...

You can’t assume that viewers know the key differences between traditional Medicare & Medicare Advantage. In my experience, many don’t have a clue. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/journalist...

What many have worked so hard to get away from, RFK Jr. has reintroduced regularly in a short time as HHS secretary. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-bri...

What you should know about claims that GLP-1 drugs cut breast cancer risk by 30%. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/glp-1-drug...

RFK Jr. calls one study “garbage” but then sees 3 of his oft-cited papers retracted, removed or under scrutiny. His data cherry-picking is catching up with him. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-rec...

Four bad federal health policy moves you should know about. 2 on federal health grant decisions, 2 on Medicare/Medicaid. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/4-troubles...

New dark clouds of conflict of interest appearing daily. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/hhs-offici...

Ethics? What ethics? garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/hhs-offici...

Social media posts have fueled fake claims that the government is releasing ticks to get people to use a Lyme disease vaccine. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/conspiraci...

“We live in a time where conspiracy sells. I’m not sure what gets us through this & RFK Jr. is a ringleader of this as a major conspiracy theorist—where people create their own truths.” garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/conspiraci...

Applauding high-quality health care journalism. Association of Health Care Journalists annual awards. open.substack.com/pub/garyschw...

Ultra-processed foods: a poorly-defined bogeyman. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/ultra-proc...