“The National Institutes of Health spent “almost nothing” on researching the causes of chronic disease, focusing instead on infectious disease.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
HHS nominee. Claim dated 30 Jan 2025.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
Each year, billions in NIH funds are devoted to chronic conditions.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (HHS nominee) made this claim around 30 January 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 February 2025, 7 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has 55 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 27 of them false or fake, 27 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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