Here's how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to remake the nation's top health agencies
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and his wife Cheryl Hines arrive before President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. Credit: AP/Alex Brandon
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What to know about Trump's controversial pick for HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Public health expert and CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss President-elect Donald Trump's choice for HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has a long record of criticizing vaccines and has spread false and misleading claims about their safety.
Trump will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS secretary
Washington — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, according to three sources familiar with the selection. Kennedy has a long record of criticizing vaccines, including spreading misleading claims about their safety.
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Kennedy, also known as RFK Jr., additionally has made no secret of his disdain for the agencies under the HHS secretary's purview. In a video for the Make America Healthy Again initiative that he leads, Kennedy said his "big priority will be to clean up the public health agencies like CDC, NIH, FDA, and U.S. Department of Agriculture."
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President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus
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One compares Kennedy being considered to “having somebody who doesn’t believe in gravity being the head of NASA.”
Drugmaker shares fall as Trump picks vaccine sceptic RFK Jr for US health job
Shares in global vaccine makers and drugmakers fell on Friday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has previously spread misinformation on vaccines, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead Health and Human Services
President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, he announced in a social media post. Trump said that Kennedy will "restore" the agencies under HHS "to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research,
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Donald Trump has picked vaccine sceptic and former independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr as his health secretary, as the president-elect continues to build his new administration. Kennedy,
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Mike Pence opposes RFK Jr. for HHS because of support for abortion access
Mike Pence said choosing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a departure from what he framed as the Trump-Pence administration's general ...