Public Health Experts Groan as RFK Jr. Pitches Vaccines as 'Personal Choice'
Vaccines are most effective at scale when enough people get them to provide "herd immunity" from a virus, doctors and officials say.
Public Health Experts Alarmed at Trump’s Pick of RFK Jr. to Lead HHS
President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic who spreads medical disinformation and conspiracy theories, to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) alarmed public health experts who say that Kennedy’s potential confirmation could have dire consequences for the state of health and science in America.
Why RFK Jr. nomination sets off alarms among many public health specialists
The anti-vaccine activist could oversee the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health.
What to know about RFK Jr.'s stances on key health issues and what he could do at HHS
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick​ to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has raised controversy on topics ranging from vaccines to fluoride to food.
Trump's health pick RFK Jr. wants fluoride removed from drinking water. What to know in Arizona
Days before the election, Kennedy posted on social media that a Trump White House would advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from the public water supply, which goes against public health recommendations yet jibes with a large number of people who question the safety of fluoridating water.
Selection of RFK Jr. will broaden discussion of public health, Deborah Birx says
"What I'm hoping is he brings his transparency for all Americans and we really start to tackle these issues one-by-one-by-one," she said.
Trump selects RFK Jr. to head Department of Health and Human Services
Known anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to be tapped by President-elect Donald Trump as his pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Georgetown law professor of Public Health and the director of the World Health Organization’s Center on National and Global Health Law Larry Gostin joins On The Hill to discuss Trump's pick.
Dr. Deborah Birx argues voters are calling for healthier food amid RFK Jr.’s HHS nomination
Dr. Deborah Birx spoke favorably of President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his administration, suggesting he is giving what voters demanded from him in the election. Kennedy was nominated by Trump to head the Department of Health and Human Services in his administration,
Scientists fear what’s next for public health if RFK Jr., is allowed to ‘go wild’
Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team.
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Public health leader: RFK Jr. ‘fails on all fronts’ as potential agency leader
A leading public health organization is sounding the alarm over Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s pick to ...
You Thought Anti-Vax Was Bad? These Are RFK Jr.’s Most Disturbing Beliefs About Health
The country's public health could soon be overseen by someone who has a history of expressing beliefs in chemtrails, ...
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State's big economic development bill also seeks to improve local health authorities
As an example, he cited “the Statewide Accelerated Public Health for Every Community Act (SAPHE Act), which is about public ...
How the states can protect public health from the federal fringe takeover
No matter where we live, we should ask what our state doing to protect our families against rancorous false cries against ...
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Federal, state politics could spell 'red sky' for public health, Texas vaccine policy experts say
Ann Johnson, Dr. Saad Omer, dean of the Peter O'Donnell School of Public Health at the University of Texas Southwestern ...
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EID Journal GEIS Supplement Highlights Military Public Health Disease Surveillance
The Defense Health Agency-Public Health Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division Global Emerging Infections Surveillance ...
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California public health experts react to RFK Jr.'s health secretary nomination
President-elect Donald Trump continued the work of building out his cabinet on Thursday. Trump announced his decision to ...
An Idaho regional health department banned COVID vaccines. Will others follow?
As reported by AP News, this appears to be the first regional health department in the nation to be restricted from giving ...