STAT+: How the Trump administration derailed alcohol addiction research and prevention
Kennedy Jr. speaks after President Trump signed the Great American Recovery Initiative in January. Manage alerts for this article Email this article Share this article The Make America Healthy Again movement wants for no enemies. For the past two years, seed oils, sugary drinks, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and childhood vaccines — and the industries behind them — have been subjected to unprecedented scrutiny.
- ▪Kennedy Jr. speaks after President Trump signed the Great American Recovery Initiative in January.
- ▪Manage alerts for this article Email this article Share this article The Make America Healthy Again movement wants for no enemies.
- ▪For the past two years, seed oils, sugary drinks, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and childhood vaccines — and the industries behind them — have been subjected to unprecedented scrutiny.
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Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after President Trump signed the Great American Recovery Initiative in January. Standing with Kennedy: Mehmet Oz and Heidi Overton, medical doctors in the administration.Brendan SMIALOWSKI/ AFP via Getty Images STAT PlusThe Deadliest Drug How the Trump administration derailed alcohol addiction research and prevention ‘Don’t have it for breakfast’: Despite alcohol’s toll, MAHA and the Trump administration have taken a lax view toward drinking By Isabella Cueto and Lev FacherJune 30, 2026 Isabella Cueto[email protected]Isabella is a chronic disease reporter writing about how the Trump administration is tackling the nation’s health epidemic — or not.
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