AXIOS November 15, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could radically reshape the Department of Health and Human Services if he is confirmed as secretary of the agency under President-elect Trump.
Why it matters: The onetime independent presidential candidate has been one of the country’s most prominent vaccine skeptics for years, alarming public health experts about his nomination to lead to HHS.
- His appointment to HHS would also come 16 years after he was considered for a cabinet appointment by former President Obama. Obama had weighed appointing Kennedy — then an environmental lawyer — to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
- Kennedy’s views range from cracking down on food additives to conspiracy-tinged ideas about fluoride in water.
State of play: Kennedy’s...
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