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Margaret Manto

Washington, D.C., United States

Science and Health Policy Reporter at NOTUS

Articles

  • 1 week ago | notus.org | Margaret Manto |Emily Kennard

    The Trump administration’s clean up of the “Make America Healthy Again” Commission’s hallmark and error-riddled report is opening new questions about how the report’s authors drew some of its sweeping conclusions about the state of Americans’ health. At least 18 of the original report’s citations have been edited or completely swapped out for new references since NOTUS first revealed the errors Thursday morning.

  • 1 week ago | undark.org | Emily Kennard |Margaret Manto

    Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his “Make America Healthy Again” Commission report harnesses “gold-standard” science, citing more than 500 studies and other sources to back up its claims. Those citations, though, are rife with errors, from broken links to misstated conclusions. Seven of the cited sources don’t appear to exist at all. This story first appeared in NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute.

  • 1 week ago | notus.org | Margaret Manto

    The White House is downplaying the “Make America Healthy Again” Commission report’s citation issues, even as it scrambles to fix them. A NOTUS investigation published Thursday found that at least seven of the report’s citations appeared to not actually exist.

  • 1 week ago | notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Margaret Manto

    Today’s notice: Many new pardons. Fishy citations in the MAHA Commission report. Parliamentarian gonna parliament. But first: Elon vs. Washington. Elon’s CloutElon Musk used to kill Republican-backed spending bills at whim. Now he’s saying farewell to the White House and sounds like just another guy with opinions and an account on X.

  • 1 week ago | flipboard.com | Emily Kennard |Margaret Manto

    2 hours agoFrom MAHA to TACO—A Guide to the Acronyms of Trump’s Second TermYou may be familiar with POTUS (President of the United States), MAGA (Make America Great Again), and GOP (Grand Old Party), but there’s a new acronym that President Donald Trump isn’t a fan of.