Chief Healthcare Executive October 8, 2025
Ron Southwick

They say Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put federal research, drug safety, and emergency programs at risk. They served Republican and Democratic presidents.

The surgeon general’s warning is most commonly associated with cigarettes and the dangers of smoking.

On Tuesday, six former surgeons general issued a different kind of warning. They came together to issue an unprecedented warning about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

In an op-ed published Tuesday morning by The Washington Post, they warn that Kennedy’s actions “are endangering the health of the nation.”

The leaders have served under Democratic and Republican presidents. One of the six leaders, former Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, served in President Trump’s first administration.

The surgeons general pointed to...

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