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HHS releases MAHA report on children’s health, targeting chronic disease and “overmedicalization”

 A graphic labeled “HHS Releases” featuring a government building with a Department of Health and Human Services sign. The main headline reads “The MAHA Report,” with bullet points below highlighting sections: “What’s in the Report,” “Industry Reactions,” and “So What?”

On May 16, HHS released a comprehensive report—officially titled “The MAHA Report: Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment”—which lays out the administration’s stance on the state of children’s health and the purported drivers of pediatric chronic diseases. While the report makes no binding recommendations, it’s the most detailed statement yet of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s reform agenda.

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