Lexology June 26, 2025
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

On June 24, 2025, in a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed that his department plans to soon launch an advertising campaign encouraging Americans to use wearable health devices. The campaign is set to be “one of the biggest advertising campaigns in HHS history.”

As described by Secretary Kennedy, wearables enable individuals to take responsibility over their health and make informed decisions: “People can take control over their own health. . . They can see what food is doing to their glucose levels, their heart rates and a number of other metrics as they eat it. And they can begin to...

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