WASHINGTON - The White House will address the error in a highly anticipated federal government report, which was led by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy's extensive "Make America Healthy Again" report released last week cites hundreds of studies, but a close study by news organizations found that some of them didn't actually exist.

Asked about the report, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the report would be updated.

"I understand that the MAHA report is addressing some formatting issues and the report will be updated," Levitt told reporters in the briefing. “However, it does not negate the essence of the report, which, as you know, is one of the most transformative health reports the federal government has ever made.

Kennedy repeatedly said he would bring "radical transparency" and "gold standard" science to public health agencies. However, the Secretary refused to publish details about who wrote the 72-page report, which called for an increase in review of the timeline for children’s vaccines and described children in the country as overcultivating and malnutrition.

Levitt said the White House had "full confidence" in Kennedy.

"The smaller citations and formatting errors were corrected," HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said in an emailed statement, describing the report as "a historic and transformative assessment of the federal government to understand that the chronic disease epidemic has caused children in our country to suffer."

Notus reported on Thursday that seven of the more than 500 studies mentioned in the report have never been published. The authors of one study confirmed that despite her research on topics of childhood anxiety, she never wrote the listed report. Some studies have also been misunderstood in the MAHA report. The citation in question is about children's screen time, medications and anxiety.

Kennedy's Maha report has attracted the attention of Trump's loyal fans, including criticizing how the report describes farmers sprayed with chemicals on American crops.

The report applies to the formulation of policy recommendations to be released later this year. The White House has asked Congress to provide $500 million in fundraising for Kennedy's Maha initiative.