Kennedy Health Agenda Gets Bump From Heritage, Former Trump Team

The think tank behind the socially conservative Project 2025 policy agenda proposed to Donald Trump have increased their support for the incoming president’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Former Trump administration officials were among those at a Heritage Foundation event Wednesday lauding Kennedy for his scrutiny of widely used vaccines and focus on healthy habits to combat chronic illness. They portrayed Kennedy as an exciting change to the US health landscape, set to shake up health norms and usher the country into a healthier era.

“We’re big fans” of Kennedy, ...