
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to visit Oklahoma to launch ‘Make Oklahoma Healthy Again’ campaign
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to visit Oklahoma to launch ‘Make Oklahoma Healthy Again’ campaign
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt will launch the “Make Oklahoma Healthy Again” campaign. Kennedy has promoted similar initiatives in other states, including bans on certain foods in schools and restrictions on SNAP benefits. Details of the new Oklahoma campaign haven’t been released, but its name is similar to Kennedy’s nationwide push to “Make America Healthy Again.”
Officials haven’t disclosed specific details of the initiative.
Kennedy has promoted similar initiatives in other states, including bans on certain foods in schools and restrictions on SNAP benefits.
U.S. Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is traveling to Oklahoma to help launch a “Make Oklahoma Healthy Again” campaign, according to federal and state officials.
Kennedy and Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt plan to unveil the details of the initiative at a news conference Thursday, June 26 at the Oklahoma Capitol. Their offices said the campaign would focus on “common-sense health policies, medical freedom and a return to personal responsibility.”
The health secretary’s visit to the Sooner State will come two days after U.S. House members grilled him during a hearing on the Health Department’s 2026 budget.
House members asked about funding cuts to critical programs as well as his stances on vaccine oversight, addiction recovery, emergency abortions, HIV prevention and dietary guidelines. Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, was confirmed as health secretary in February after being nominated to the post by President Donald Trump.
While details of the new Oklahoma campaign haven’t been released, its name is similar to Kennedy’s nationwide push to “Make America Healthy Again.”
Kennedy has visited Utah, Arizona and New Mexico to celebrate MAHA initiatives, including laws that ban ultra-processed foods and dyes in public schools, restrict SNAP purchases of candy and soda, and ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water.
Oklahoma consistently ranks as one of least healthy states. The state appeared in the bottom five in nearly all of the 2024 America’s Health Rankings main measures of health: social and economic factors, physical environment, clinical care, behaviors and health outcomes.