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Title: Health Secretary Wants Every American To Be Sporting a Wearable Within
Four Years

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/25/01212...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a major
federal campaign to promote wearable health tech, aiming for every American
to adopt a device within four years as part of a broader effort to "Make
America Healthy Again." Gizmodo reports: RFK Jr. announced the initiative
Tuesday afternoon during a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee
meeting to discuss the HHS' budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. In
response to a question from representative Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) about
wearables, Kennedy revealed that HHS will soon conduct one of the agency's
largest ever advertising campaigns to promote their use. He added that in his
ideal future, every American will be donning a wearable within the next four
years. "It's a key part of our mission to Make America Healthy Again," RFK
Jr. stated in an X post following the question.

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