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Health Care

Kennedy Privately Backs Cancer-Detection Tests With Ties to MAHA

Several key industry players developing the tests are sponsoring or speaking at the Make America Healthy Again Summit next week, which will be attended by top health officials.

President Trump, Jay Battacharya and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. privately said he wants the federal government to recommend a cancer-detection test that has sharply divided medical professionals. (Alex Brandon/AP)

By Paige Winfield Cunningham

September 23, 2026 05:34 a.m.

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