Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: RFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha event

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Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/robert-f-kennedy-jr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Robert F Kennedy Jr</a> laid out an expansive vision for collecting, sharing and analyzing US health information at a Maha event hosted by a close ally and outspoken anti-vaccine activist.Medical and lifestyle data, from doctor’s visits to exercise, should be connected and shared with the government and independent researchers, where it can be searched by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/artificialintelligenceai" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">AI</a> – including potential links between vaccines and health outcomes including autism and mortality, suggested Kennedy, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a longtime vaccine skeptic. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/rfk-jr-collect-health-data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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