Advisory Board December 16, 2024
More than 75 former Nobel Prize winners signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) as HHS secretary, marking the first time in recent history that Nobel laureates have come together against a Cabinet pick.
Nobel laureates sign letter against RFK Jr.
According to Richard Roberts, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, who helped draft the letter, Nobel laureates try to stay out of politics whenever possible. But he said the potential confirmation of Kennedy as HHS secretary is a threat they couldn’t ignore.
“These political attacks on science are very damaging,” he said. “You have to stand up and protect it.”
In the letter, the laureates questioned whether Kennedy,...
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