White House moves to fix errors in MAHA commission report

The White House moved Thursday to correct false citations and other errors in a high-profile report from a panel led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., HHS confirmed to AP.The big picture: The Make American Healthy Again commission report that that blamed factors including bad diets and unnecessary medication for causing chronic illness in children cited hundreds of studies and sources, some of which didn't exist, NOTUS first reported. The White House on Thursday afternoon uploaded an updated version.What they're saying: "I understand there were some formatting issues with the MAHA report that are being addressed and the report will be updated," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a press briefing Thursday."But it does not negate the substance of the report, which, as you know, is one of the most transformative health reports that has ever been released by the federal government."HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in an email to AP that "minor citation and formatting errors have been corrected." Zoom in: The report was developed in little more than three months and contained mainstream ideas combined with highly controversial elements, including doubts about the current childhood vaccine schedule.Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes, who was listed as author of a study on adolescent anxiety, told NOTUS she didn't write the paper that was referenced and was surprised to hear of the citation.Kennedy didn't detail who wrote the report but the 14-member commission is supposed to craft a strategy for how the federal government should respond under an executive order President Trump issued in February.Representatives for the HHS did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment in the evening.Editor's note: Maya Goldman contributed reporting.Go deeper: 5 key takeaways from the MAHA commission report

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