ROBERT KENNEDY JR: America deserves better guidance on how to avoid getting sick

Prevention should be one of the most powerful tools in American medicine. We should identify disease early, prevent it when we can, and give doctors and patients the best evidence to make decisions about their health.

Today, we are strengthening one of the institutions charged with doing exactly that.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, announced the appointment of eight new members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.