Politico November 19, 2024
Many of the candidates are allies of RFK Jr. and have maligned the agencies they would oversee.
President-elect Donald Trump wasn’t kidding when he said he’d let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild” on health care.
The transition team has accelerated efforts to fill several high-profile health jobs, eying a shortlist of controversial Kennedy allies and public health contrarians to lead the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other key elements of the nation’s sprawling health department, according to five people briefed on the discussions and granted anonymity to describe the internal deliberations.
Joseph Ladapo, who as Florida’s top health official questioned the safety of Covid vaccines and repeatedly resisted public health recommendations, is a...
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