EXCLUSIVE: Key HHS Official Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos Unpacks Screen Use Advisory And What MAHA Really Means

August 16, 2026 7:50 PM ET The architect of a key government initiative aimed at improving children’s health across several indicators told the Daily Caller News Foundation why the issue is especially important now and how it fits into the broader Make America Healthy Again movement.Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in May put out a U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory “on the Harms of Screen Use [sic].” In an interview with the DCNF, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Stephanie Haridopolos called the document “a great success,” adding that it was “an opportunity of a lifetime and the capstone of my career to even be the architect of this advisory.”Haridopolos is currently performing some of the U.S. Surgeon General’s duties while the o