Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, despite opposition from medical professionals and some members of Congress. The confirmation paves the way for him to oversee agencies like the FDA and CDC. Trump plans to establish a MAHA commission to investigate chronic disease.
Robert F Kennedy jnr, US president Donald Trump ’s nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during a Senate Committee. Photograph: Rod Lamkey jnr/APon Thursday as the country’s new secretary of health, overcoming resistance from the medical establishment and members of Congress.joining all 47 Democrats to vote against Mr Kennedy, who had made pledges to protect existing vaccination programmes in a bid to secure votes of hesitant lawmakers.
Mr Kennedy is an environmental lawyer who has long held doubts about the safety and efficacy of vaccines that have helped curb disease and prevented millions of deaths for decades. Mr Kennedy’s path to confirmation was fraught and did not always appear to have the necessary votes among Republicans. He had to overcome his past as a lifelong, as well as his stance on vaccines. Some prominent members of his own family, including cousin Caroline Kennedy, also urged his rejection.The White House has offered buyouts to two million civilian full-time federal workers as part of plans to drastically shrink the size of the government.
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