RFK Jr Launches Peptide Boom Amid Measles and Cooking Shows
August 6, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pivoting toward wellness fads, podcast appearances, and an upcoming cooking show even as his agency grapples with a record-breaking measles outbreak, a fatal Michigan cyclosporiasis outbreak, and stalled CDC confirmations. Concurrently, compounding pharmacies and needle programs in Australia and the US are fueling an unregulated peptide market, exposing the collapse of public health oversight under executive distraction.
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‘It’s a peptide wild west’: how RFK Jr is clearing way for a market of untested drugs
A century ago, compounding pharmacies helped people get bespoke drugs. Now these less-regulated businesses are fueling the peptide boom Robert F Kennedy Jr is sitting stiffly in Joe Rogan’s podcast studio, inside the influencer’s enormous Texas mansion. Atypically for Rogan’s guests, Kennedy still c…
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RFK Jr., Who Is Definitely Not Checked Out Of His Job, To Host A Cooking Show
RFK Jr. has a lot on his plate at the moment as the head of HHS. America is currently dealing with a record breaking outbreak of the measles, for instance. His agency has had a very hard time getting people confirmed for key roles. There’s that whole cyclosporiasis thing going around, which you’ll k…
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RFK Jr has a new cooking show. Are any Trump officials doing their actual jobs? | Arwa Mahdawi
Shouldn’t the health secretary have his hands full with the cyclosporiasis outbreak, measles or rabbit fever? Not when there are crispy salmon cakes to prepare … The US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has got his work cut out for him. A cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce has the…
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The US public is fed up with RFK Jr. To really ‘make America healthy again’, it should look to Europe | Devi Sridhar
Americans are dying younger than Europeans, despite being the wealthiest people on the planet. Wellness fads won’t change that I’m just back from my home country, the United States. I always enjoy visiting, but every time I go between the US and my adopted home of Europe, I’m keenly aware of dispari…
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Where do peptides come from? We found out.
Over the past year, staff working in Australia’s needle and syringe programs have noticed something unusual. Thin-tipped needles, typically used for injecting heroin and methamphetamine in a vein, are being requested by a new kind of injector. They’re also taking a new kind of drug: peptides. How di…
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RFK Jr. Just Embarrassed Himself Publicly On CNN
This post is going to come with something of a warning label. RFK Jr. went on CNN this past weekend for an interview with Dana Bash. I’m going to post the entirety of that interview immediately below. Before you watch it, get yourself a bib, or some paper towels, or wrap yourself in one of […]
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US cyclosporiasis outbreak kills two people in Michigan, officials say
US sees first fatalities due to intestinal illness, though both had significant underlying health conditions Two people have died from cyclosporiasis in Michigan, the state’s health department said on Monday, marking the first fatalities in the largest US outbreak of the intestinal illness. Both …
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Senate confirms Trump pick Erica Schwartz as new CDC director
Schwartz, president’s third pick to lead top US public health agency, confirmed in 51-44 Senate vote Dr Erica Schwartz was confirmed by the US Senate as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a rare win for the Trump administration after a string of failed attempts to fil…