HHS Celebrates 100 Days of Big Wins to Make America Healthy Again

WASHINGTON, DC—APRIL 29, 2025—The first 100 days of the Trump administration have been historic—a critical course correction for a nation suffering from chronic disease and the stranglehold of corporate power.

“For too long, our health agencies have served the interests of powerful corporations rather than the American people,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “Under President Trump’s leadership, we are beginning to rip the veil off decades of deceit, restore scientific integrity, and reclaim our birthright: a healthy, thriving nation. This is not just policy—it’s a revolution in public health. And it’s how we Make America Healthy Again.”

Visit HHS’ 100 Days webpage to see a full list of big wins. Here’s a sampling:

• Presidential Commission to Make America Healthy Again
  On February 14, President Trump signed the Executive Order 14212 establishing the president’s Make American Healthy Again Commission, which aims to end the childhood chronic disease epidemic. On May 24, The MAHA Commission will submit an initial Make our Children Healthy Again Assessment and Strategy outlining the potential root causes of the childhood chronic disease epidemic. On August 12, The MAHA Commission will submit a Make our Children Healthy Again Strategy to the President.

• MAHA Tour and State Visits:
  
  March 28: Secretary Kennedy joined West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey for a press conference to celebrate:

  • A ban on 7 types of harmful food dyes from school lunches and any food products sold in West Virginia.
  • A plan to request a waiver to remove soda from the taxpayer-subsidized food stamp program.

  April 7: HHS Secretary Kennedy held a press conference with elected officials and EPA Administrator Zeldin to celebrate Utah’s groundbreaking MAHA legislation. These MAHA bills included:

  • The nation’s first ban on adding fluoride to public drinking water
  • Ban on certain dyes and chemical additives in public school meals
  • Restriction on using SNAP benefits to purchase soda

  Later, Administrator Zeldin announced that the EPA will review the latest scientific research on the health risks associated with fluoridated water.
  
  April 8: Secretary Kennedy joined Arizona state lawmakers at a packed press conference to celebrate two new MAHA bills passed by the senate and house. These include:

  • The Arizona Healthy Schools Act, signed into law by Governor Hobbs, banning public schools from serving ultra-processed foods with harmful additives such as artificial dyes.
  • Ban on Soda Purchases with SNAP funds, vetoed by Governor Hobbs, directs the state to seek a waiver from the USDA to prohibit this.

  April 15: Secretary Kennedy joined Indiana Governor Mike Braun for a press conference to celebrate the 9 MAHA Executive Orders he passed. These orders include:

  • Ban on using SNAP benefits for candy, soft drinks and other junk food.
  • Ban on harmful food dyes.
  • Other initiatives to encourage the role of nutrition, ingredient transparency, and fitness in keeping children healthy.
• Launched Operation Stork Speed to Make Infant Formula Healthy Again:
  On March 18, Secretary Kennedy hosted a roundtable with CEOs from the top infant formula manufacturers and announced Operation Stork Speed to investigate options for safe, reliable, and nutritious infant formula for American families.
• Combatting Antisemitism:
  HHS is working to protect Jewish students from discrimination and harassment on campus. We are doing this by:
  • Taking a leadership role in the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, along with the Departments of Education and Justice, and the General Services Administration.
  • Leading reviews that resulted in the freeze or cancellation of billions in federal funding to institutions like Harvard and Columbia for failing to protect Jewish students from clear antisemitism.
  • Driving decisive federal action to hold universities accountable for protecting Jewish students.
• Overhauling FDA’s “Generally Recognized as Safe” Designation:
  On March 10, Secretary Kennedy directed the FDA to change the rules allowing food companies to say that new ingredients are “generally recognized as safe,” or GRAS. Secretary Kennedy explained how we’re applying this designation to far too many ingredients. It was originally meant to allow companies to use common ingredients like salt and baking powder without safety-testing them first.
  
  Secretary Kennedy also directed FDA and NIH to improve how they evaluate GRAS ingredients so we can identify which ones are making Americans sick and help American consumers and regulators make informed decisions.
• Autism Epidemic Action: 
  On April 16, Secretary Kennedy held a press conference on the latest CDC data showing an alarming increase of autism. According to the data, autism prevalence in the U.S. has increased from 1 in 36 children to 1 in 31. Better diagnostics alone do not account for this sharp increase.
  
  Secretary Kennedy is taking action to treat autism as the public health emergency it is. He is leading the charge to uncover the environmental causes behind the epidemic and bring transparency, science, and urgency to a crisis that has been ignored for far too long.
• Minimizing Animal Testing:
  On April 10, the FDA took a major step for public health by moving away from animal testing in drug development and using more effective, human-based methods like:
  • AI models to predict if a drug is potentially harmful
  • Lab testing with human cells and human-like organ models