RFK Jr.’s Health Department Is Pondering a National Men’s Health Initiative

The US Department of Health and Human Services is considering launching a federal men’s health initiative, a source at the agency tells WIRED.

Brian Christine , who will be sworn in on December 12 as assistant secretary for health at HHS and head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, called for such an effort Wednesday during a Food and Drug Administration panel on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for men. A spokesperson for HHS declined to comment.

“We have a men's health crisis in this country. Now we need a national strategy,” Christine said as part of a call for creating so-called Men's Health Centers of Excellence across the country that would collaborate with one another, share information, and generate data to inform policy and programs around me