I talk about the US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) a fair amount, but information about RFK Jr. shutting them down doesn’t seem to grab people’s attention as much as posts about vaccines, for example. That needs to change, b/c the dismantling of USPSTF is an equal if not greater threat.
Why do I say this? Because the USPSTF hasn’t met for more than a year due to RFK Jr.’s malfeasance. They have been unable to update things like cancer screening guidelines. An A or B recommendation from USPSTF means that all flavors of insurance must cover the procedure.

Kennedy sidelining of US advis...
This is a man who claims that his focus is on preventing chronic disease. Yet he hamstrings the body that allows for some of the most effective strategies to not only be updated with the most recent science, but makes them accessible to hundreds of millions of people.
The USPSTF usually issues about 22 recommendations a year. RFK Jr. has ground this process to a complete stop while he swans around doing photo ops. There is real harm here. Please make sure others know what is happening.