Judge Condemns RFK Jr’s HHS for Using Fake Studies

Photo: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. delivers remarks at a “Making Health Technology Great Again” event, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in the East Room of the White House. Photo credit: “P20250730JB-0481” by The White House (Joyce N. Boghosian) via Flickr. United States Government Work. Article by  Alice Gibbs. Newsweek – September 3, 2026.

A federal judge has sharply criticized the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after finding that studies cited in a key teen pregnancy prevention funding notice appeared either not to exist or did not support the claims for which they were cited, describing the issue as a hallmark of AI-generated citations. In a preliminary injunction ruling issued August 19, District Judge Christopher R. Cooper blocked parts of the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program. […]

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