Healthcare Innovation November 20, 2024
The American Public Health Association is criticizing the choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary
On Nov. 18, just four days after President-elect Donald Trump announced that he was going to name Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Washington, D.C.-based American Public Health Association (APHA) publicly challenged the choice, stating that Kennedy, by virtue of numerous past false statements about vaccines, should be disqualified from holding the position. The HHS Secretary oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health, and Food and Drug Administration, among the federal agencies under the HHS umbrella with involvement in policies touching on vaccines and vaccination.
The APHA expressed its concerns in a...
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