MDLinx November 21, 2024
Elizabeth Pratt

Key Takeaways

  • President-elect Donald Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for the future Secretary of Health and Human Services; members of the medical community have primarily expressed concern over the appointment.

  • Kennedy’s plan to address chronic disease has been welcomed by some in the medical community, but others say Kennedy’s fringe views could be damaging to public health.

Physicians and public health experts have expressed concern about Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

“It’s a really bad appointment,” Gerald Kominski, PhD, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, tells MDLinx. “[RFK Jr.] does not have great qualifications...

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