“Since the spring of 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has sought federal access to Americans’ medical records to investigate whether vaccines cause autism.”
One proposal hands HHS access to roughly 90% of Americans’ medical records by 2028, chasing a question science already answered. “Anonymized” doesn’t mean much when AI makes reidentification easy. The State Department is running the same play abroad, tying foreign aid to countries like Uganda handing over real-time health data. Same appetite, bigger reach.