RFK Jr urges Alzheimer’s screening but blunts key panel that could drive research
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Experts say evidence for cognitive screening desired by health secretary ‘not great’ as taskforce idle since last year
The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has called for better Alzheimer’s screening – but a critical federal panel that might have helped researchers find practical ways to do that has been prevented from meeting for more than a year.
The panel, formally called the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), had planned to issue a recommendation on screening for cognitive decline this year, alongside 13 other topics as varied as autism screening and food allergy prevention.
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