MAHA

Abbreviation

MAHA

1. (pathology) Initialism of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.

Modeled after MAGA. Popularized by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 2024 (after endorsing Donald Trump) but earlier uses exist.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.hə/

MAHA

1. (US politics) Acronym of Make America Healthy Again
   • 2020 April 7, “Make America Healthy Again: #MAHA”, in The Rush Limbaugh Show‎^[1]:

     I’ve got the hashtag. #MAHA: Make America Healthy Again.

   • 2024 August 26, Chrissy Bobic, “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Has Coined a Term To Explain His Most Important Cause”, in Distractify‎^[2]:

     He shared the phrase "Make America Healthy Again" on social media, along with the abbreviation "MAHA," not unlike MAGA (Make America Great Again), which Trump still uses.

   • 2024 August 26, Mikael Thalen, “MAGA turns to roadkill-eating anti-vaxer with a brain worm to ‘Make America Healthy Again’”, in The Daily Dot‎^[3]:

     MAHA went viral across social media and led to an explosion of questionable claims regarding health and wellness.

   • 2025 May 22, Sarah Owermohle, “First MAHA health report calls for reassessing medicines, processed foods, pesticides”, in CNN‎^[4]:

     The MAHA commission calls for studies on the broad schedule of childhood vaccines, more research into potential adverse effects of vaccination, and “true” placebo studies of those childhood immunizations, echoing many of Kennedy’s longtime rallying points around vaccine safety.

   • 2025 August 28, Robert Mackey, quoting Craig Spencer, “CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign”, in The Guardian‎^[5], →ISSN:

     “What’s happening at the CDC should frighten every American Regardless of whether you are MAGA, MAHA, neither, or don’t give a damn about labels or politics. It’s unclear whether the CDC director—confirmed just weeks ago—has been fired or not. Absolute shitshow,” Dr Craig Spencer, an emergency medicine doctor and professor at Brown University School of Public Health, posted.

• AHAM, Hama, amah