Mastodawn

#Peptides are unproven as #health aids. #FDA may unleash them anyway
The federal agency is gearing up to decide whether peptides can be included in #supplements
Rather than reining in health-hacking peptide craze, appear poised to take steps that will fuel it. #HHS Secretary #RFK Jr, self-proclaimed “big fan” of peptides, seems to be following through oa vow to end what he called the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of substances including peptides.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/peptides-unproven-health-fda-access
https://archive.ph/d79Uo

Peptides are unproven as health aids. FDA may unleash them anyway

Rather than reining in the compounds, the FDA may be poised to broaden access, perhapas even adding peptides to supplements. Experts say “buyer beware.”

Science News

PrivacyDigest 6d ago

#RFK Jr. melts down over NYT report, admits he #blacklists #reporters
#maha

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/rfk-jr-melts-down-over-nyt-report-admits-he-blacklists-reporters/

RFK Jr. melts down over NYT report, admits he blacklists reporters

NYT reported Kennedy is disengaged. Kennedy's response seems to show NYT is right.

Ars Technica

Grace O'Malley Jun 12

#RFK, internet 'influencers' push the notion that consuming nicotine (which is also used as an insecticide) has health benefits,when used in a particular configuration https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nicotine-pouches-vape-cancer-relaxing_l_6a26c9d0e4b0a2296d1b91f1

This Controversial Substance Is Suddenly Being Called A Health Product By RFK Jr. — Doctors Aren't Celebrating

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one of many wellness leaders who claim nicotine has health benefits, but experts have a major warning.

HuffPost

Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers Jun 12

Something needs to be down about this eugenics-ass motherfucker!

Autistic children injected with unapproved stem cell treatments supported by RFK Jr

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/12/autism-stem-cell-infusions-rfk-jr

#Autism #Children #StemCell #RFK #Politics #Health

Brittany Trang Jun 11

Kennedy said that his calendar is "publicly available." That isn't true — STAT has tried to FOIA for it multiple times over the course of more than a year.

More @STAT

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/11/rfk-jr-cites-publicly-available-calendar-never-released-foia-requests/

#health #healthcare #medicine #HHS #RFK

RFK Jr. claims his calendar is publicly available. We've been trying to get it for a year

None of STAT's requests for Kennedy's schedule have been completed, and some haven't even been acknowledged.

STAT

Bob the Traveler Jun 9

US President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a national day of mourning OTD in 1968 following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy https://toilet-guru.com/robert-f-kennedy.html?s=mb #history #RFK

Robert Kennedy's Home Water Fluoridation System — Toilets of the World

RFK's home water fluoridation system didn

Toilets of the World

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Jun 8

The return of the screw worm b/c #MAGA defunded the efforts at containment, which have worked for decades, is such a metaphor while also being a reality. The pain inflicted by #Trump, I mean #Musk, I mean #RFK, I mean the screw worm, is excruciating.

"The return of screwworm comes after the Musk-led #DOGE, launched by the Trump administration, last year cut funding for a project dedicated to monitoring & containing New World screwworm in Central America."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/06/08/screwworm-cases-rise-to-4-in-texas-heres-how-it-could-drive-up-beef-prices/?streamIndex=0

#USPol

Screwworm Is Back In Texas—And Could Raise Beef Prices

DOGE cut funding for the New World screwworm monitoring program and then reportedly ignored ranchers warning the parasite was working its way to the U.S.

Forbes