Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened main medical journals throughout a podcast look Tuesday, warning that authorities scientists might be barred from publishing in what he referred to as “corrupt” publications.
Throughout an look on the “Final Human” podcast, Kennedy focused the New England Journal of Medication (NEJM), the Journal of the American Medical Affiliation (JAMA), and The Lancet, accusing them of publishing research aligned with pharmaceutical business pursuits.
RFK JR: “We’re most likely going to cease publishing within the Lancet, New England Journal of Medication, JAMA and people different journals as a result of they’re all corrupt.” pic.twitter.com/OivWbY9gxH
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“Except these journals change dramatically, we’re going to cease NIH scientists from publishing in them and we will create our personal journals in-house,” Kennedy mentioned, referencing the Nationwide Institutes of Well being.
Kennedy’s remarks comply with the discharge of a White Home-backed report he led, warning that pharmaceutical overreach, overprescribed drugs, and institutional concern could also be contributing to rising charges of power sickness in kids. The report claims business affect has discouraged open scientific inquiry into underlying well being points.
Kennedy went on to say that even the editors of the publications agreed with him.
He accused NEJM editor-in-chief Marcia Angell of claiming, in Kennedy’s phrases, “‘We’re not a science journal, we’re a vessel for pharmaceutical propaganda.'” In 2009, Angell truly mentioned: “It’s merely not attainable to imagine a lot of the scientific analysis that’s printed.”
The previous presidential candidate additionally took liberty paraphrasing a 2015 quote from Lancet editor, Richard Horton. “‘We’re not longer science journals, we’re about selling pharmaceutical merchandise and that’s what we do,'” Kennedy claimed Horton mentioned.
“A lot of the scientific literature, maybe half, could merely be unfaithful,” Horton mentioned, acknowledging that printed analysis is, “Bothered by research with small pattern sizes, tiny results, invalid exploratory analyses, and flagrant conflicts of curiosity.”
The journals cited by Kennedy haven’t but provided a response to his feedback.
In the meantime, NIH director, Jay Bhattacharya and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary have launched their very own various journal, The Journal of the Academy of Public Well being.
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