RFK Jr. Slams Medical Journals, Floats In-House Publishing Plan

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he may bar government scientists from publishing in top medical journals, accusing publications like The New England Journal of Medicine of being “corrupt” and beholden to pharmaceutical companies.

“We’re probably going to stop publishing in the Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and those other journals because they’re all corrupt,” Kennedy said on “The Ultimate Human” podcast with wellness influencer and biohacker Gary Brecka.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Scientists from the National Institutes of Health will be blocked from reporting their research in certain publications “unless these ...