Now RFK Jr. Has Chance to Steer Vaccine and Health Policy
Longtime Democrat and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.is poised to take a health role in a new Trump administration and wage war on chronic disease by attacking everything from fluoride in drinking water to sugary drinks paid for by food stamps.
RFK Jr. Is Picking New U.S. Health Chiefs, His Friends Say
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reportedly taken on a role as a hiring manager for top jobs across the U.S government’s health agencies in signs that President-elect Donald Trump has allowed him to “go wild on health” as promised.
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How RFK Jr.’s health proposals would stack up in practice
Trump ally Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed skepticism about vaccines and vowed to restructure federal health agencies.
What can Trump and RFK Jr. actually do on health care?
RFK Jr. has said Trump promised him “control of the public health agencies,” including the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He’s talked about cleaning up “corruption” at those agencies and reorienting them towards a chronic disease focus (in a page on his MAHA website that has since been scrubbed).
Everything RFK Jr. Has Said About What He'll Do If Named Trump Health Czar
"He's going to have a big role in health care, a very big role," Trump said of Kennedy. "He knows it better than anybody,"
Trump says RFK Jr. will 'go wild on health': Here's what that could mean
Not much is known about what role Kennedy could actually serve in the second Trump administration. Here's some of what we do know.
RFK Jr. is crowdsourcing reams of nominees for Trump’s health administration
Peter McCullough, Casey Means, Joel Salatin, and Simone Gold are all getting upvotes on a MAHA nomination site for the Trump administration.
How much influence could RFK Jr. have over vaccines in Trump’s government?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent years questioning the federal agencies in charge of vaccine production and safety. Now he is poised to potentially oversee those agencies in a second Trump administration,
RFK Jr reviewing resumes for top Trump health jobs, sources say
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the former independent presidential candidate, is reviewing candidate resumes for the top jobs at the U.S. government's health agencies in Donald Trump's incoming administration,
Letters to the Editor: I'm a doctor. This is what worries me about RFK Jr. in the Trump administration
A doctor fears that an RFK Jr.-influenced Trump White House will discourage vaccination and block the release of data showing the disastrous consequences.
After Trump’s win, Kennedy family members express concern about RFK Jr.’s potential role in administration
Kerry Kennedy reaffirmed in an interview with CNN this week that while she loves her brother she doesn’t trust him to manage a public health agency in the US, citing his long history as an anti-vaccine activist.
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“Pack your bags” RFK Jr. tells FDA. His war on public health under Trump would only accelerate
In an interview with NPR on Wednesday, Kennedy said Trump had already assigned him three tasks: to reduce the “corruption and ...
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RFK Jr. on Trump’s Bold Public Health Purge Plan:‘If We Can’t Fire Them, We’ll Ship Them to Guam'
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that a Trump administration would launch an aggressive restructuring of public health ...
RFK Jr.’s plan to ban fluoridation? Work’s already underway
Kennedy Jr.’s vow to remove fluoride from the nation’s drinking ... Adding the cavity-fighting chemical to water supplies ...
RFK Jr. says fluoride is ‘an industrial waste’ linked to cancer, diseases and disorders. Here’s what the science says
Kennedy Jr. waded into another scientific debate on Saturday by saying Donald Trump’s administration would advise that ...
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. still on the ballot in Illinois?
Scores of Illinois residents made their way to the polls Tuesday for the 2024 presidential election, pitting former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris against each other.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Foe of Drug Makers and Regulators, Is Poised to Wield New Power
President-elect Donald Trump has encouraged him to “go wild on health” but has not made clear what role Mr. Kennedy will play ...
Why does RFK Jr. talk like that? Spasmodic dysphonia explained
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has a condition called spasmodic dysphonia, which causes the sound of a raspy voice due to spasms in the vocal cords.
RFK Jr. wants fluoride removed from tap water. How much comes out of Indiana's faucets?
Multiple studies say fluoride is safe in drinking water. Here's what Hoosiers should know about the fluoride coming out of ...