RFK Jr. has said Trump promised him “control of the public health agencies,” including the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He’s talked about cleaning up “corruption” at those agencies and reorienting them towards a chronic disease focus (in a page on his MAHA website that has since been scrubbed).
Other Trump supporters who could be considered for Cabinet positions are former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and New York Representative Elise Stefanik. And although Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been a major supporter of Trump during the campaign, he may not have a formal role during his second term.
A doctor fears that an RFK Jr.-influenced Trump White House will discourage vaccination and block the release of data showing the disastrous consequences.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the former independent presidential candidate, is reviewing candidate resumes for the top jobs at the U.S. government's health agencies in Donald Trump's incoming administration,
Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses his plan for vaccine safety following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. CNN’s Meg Tirrell explains how the US currently monitors vaccine safety and efficacy.
He and Trump have recited the tagline “make America healthy again” a number of times. So here is a little synopsis on how RFK Jr.—a member of the famed Democratic family—got into Trump’s circle and where his wealth comes from. It all started when ...
In an interview with NPR on Wednesday, Kennedy said Trump had already assigned him three tasks: to reduce the “corruption and conflicts” in regulatory agencies like the FDA, return those agencies to the “evidence-based science and medicine that they were once famous for,” and to end chronic disease with measurable impacts within two years.