The past few weeks have been nothing but discouraging for those of us who helped create the Make America Healthy Again movement, including a silly executive order on glyphosate that feels anathema to what we have fought for. I’d be lying if I said that my heart hasn’t been bent toward repentance for my part in the whole thing. I helped champion Bobby Kennedy as a campaign volunteer, and when he joined up with then-candidate Donald Trump , I reluctantly decided that the trade-offs were worth what I believed Kennedy could advocate for within the walls of a Trump White House: the best fixes for a very sick and broken nation.  Yet I found myself recently, and reluctantly, headed to the citadel of arrogance: Washington (well, Arlington, Va., to be more specific).
STAT News published a clinical update in Research Highlights on 10 Apr 2026.
The item focuses on Opinion: I’m a MAHA activist.
I went into the public health lion’s den — and it changed how I think.
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