Dear HIFA colleagues,
Further to Neil's message this morning, here is more information from Chief Healthcare Executive, a news service that 'offers indispensable news, features and analysis for leaders'.
Former surgeons general warning: RFK Jr. threatens nation’s health
October 8, 2025
By Ron Southwick
https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/former-surgeons-general-wa...
... The surgeons general pointed to the health department’s proposed warnings on Tylenol and other products with acetaminophen as especially problematic. They also said Kennedy has ignored science and is misleading the public when it comes to health guidance.
“Rather than combating the rapid spread of health misinformation with facts and clarity, Kennedy is amplifying it. The consequences aren’t abstract. They are measured in lives lost, disease outbreaks and an erosion of public trust that will take years to rebuild,” they wrote...
Some of the most pointed criticism in the op-ed centered on Kennedy’s “discrediting” of vaccines, including the cancellation of $500 million in mRNA vaccine research projects...
“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views,” they wrote. “But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans.”...
Democratic lawmakers have urged the president to oust Kennedy, and 50 medical societies have also called for his resignation...
[The 50 medical societies include the Academic Pediatric Association, American Public Health Association, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and Infectious Diseases Society of America
https://www.idsociety.org/news--publications-new/articles/2025/joint-sta...
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