Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tenure as the nation's top health official is becoming increasingly known for abrupt policy pronouncements based on limited or sketchy evidence that perplex health care providers, industries and patients.

Why it matters: While Kennedy has branded himself as a change agent bringing "radical transparency" to a bloated federal bureaucracy and promoting "gold standard" science, the results have at times been chaotic, even exposing rifts between President Trump's circle and Kennedy's own base.

State of play: The Kennedy-led Make America Healthy Again Commission report on causes of childhood illness became a focus last week for a series of erroneous and fabricated references, first reported by NOTUS. The White House had to quickly correct those errors. • New policies

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