'One year of failure.' The Lancet slams RFK Jr.'s first year as health chief
'One year of failure.' The Lancet slams RFK Jr.'s first year as health chief
www.npr.org /2026/02/28/nx-s1-5730372/one-year-of-failure-the-lancet-slams-rfk-jr-s-first-year-as-health-chief
One of the world's leading medical journals has issued a scathing rebuke of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to mark his first year leading the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The editorial — titled "Robert F. Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure" — appears in the latest issue of the Lancet.
A quote from the piece marks an otherwise blank front cover: "The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm."