RFK Jr. Isn’t Trump’s Only Bad Public Health Pick: Lisa Jarvis

President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has given way to a slate of nominees for key health agencies that portend worrisome changes in how the US approaches public health.

With the exception of former Florida Representative Dave Weldon, nominated for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Trump’s picks to lead Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and surgeon general all lack government experience. And they share a tendency to offer contrarian takes, whether about the risks of Covid or the ...