RFK Jr Issues Ultimatum to Medical Journals: 'Change Dramatically' or Fed Scientists Will Publish Elsewhere
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in May 2025 that he might bar government scientists from publishing in top medical journals he called corrupt, such as JAMA and The Lancet, and instead create in-house journals.

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