President Donald Trump told our new Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “go wild” on health. Backing up Kennedy, Trump issued an executive order to create a special commission, chaired by Kennedy himself, to investigate, report, and recommend strategies to combat chronic disease. Importantly, the health of American children is the primary focus of this ambitious effort.
Kennedy’s task is enormous, and perhaps providential. In a major public speech, well before taking the helm of HHS, Kennedy revealed the depth of his commitment: “For 19 years, I have been praying every day when I get out of bed that God will put me in a position to end the chronic disease epidemic so we can restore health to our children.”
Childhood Illness
In his February 2025 order, Trump outlined the urgency of the problem:
In 2022 an…
