On November 14, President-elect Donald Trump selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in his upcoming cabinet. Kennedy is well-known for spreading anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, touting beliefs that vaccinations cause Autism. This claim is empirically false. However, he founded the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defense and has said […]
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If Trump Wins, Anti-Vaccine Conspiracist RFK Jr. Will Have an Important Role in Public Health
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed he was promised “control of the public health agencies” by former President Donald Trump, though Trump’s intentions regarding Kennedy’s potential role at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) remain uncertain. What does seem clear, however, is that if Trump were re-elected, Kennedy would likely wield significant influence […]
