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, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!” HHS oversees major health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, among others. The job requires Senate confirmation.
Thank you @realDonaldTrump for your leadership and courage. I'm committed to advancing your vision to Make America Healthy Again.
We have a generational opportunity to bring together the greatest minds in science, medicine, industry, and government to put an end to the chronic…
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) November 14, 2024
America First Policy Institute gala at Trump’s Mar-A-Lago club on Thursday night, telling him, “Now we want you to come up with things and ideas and what you’ve been talking about for a long time.” Kennedy, who suspended his independent presidential campaign in August and endorsed Trump, said ahead of Election Day that Trump had “promised” him “control of the public health agencies.”
Source: ABC News
