News Briefs: Trump Taps RFK Jr. to Lead HHS
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Nov 15, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said on Nov. 14 that he will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of HHS. “For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health,” Trump said in a statement on the platform Truth Social. Kennedy, he said, will transform the agencies under HHS to “beacons of transparency” and “end the chronic disease epidemic.” Kennedy’s promotion of conspiracy theories and criticism of vaccines has stirred considerable concern among health leaders, but he has also championed concepts that some top physicians welcome, like removing processed food from school lunches, noted a CNN article. Read more
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