Both RFK Jr. and his younger brother David developed drug addictions at a young age after their father was assassinated.

One senior executive from the healthcare sector told the Financial Times his influence on policy would be “awful on a lot of levels."

RFK Jr. has said Trump promised him “control of the public health agencies,” including the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He’s talked about cleaning up “corruption” at those agencies and reorienting them towards a chronic disease focus (in a page on his MAHA website that has since been scrubbed).

RFK Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, to play a role in Trump administration and potentially influence how the FDA and CDC approach the lifesaving shots.

In an interview with NPR on Wednesday, Kennedy said Trump had already assigned him three tasks: to reduce the “corruption and conflicts” in regulatory agencies like the FDA, return those agencies to the “evidence-based science and medicine that they were once famous for,” and to end chronic disease with measurable impacts within two years.

The CDC calls the practice of adding fluoride to tap water systems one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the last century.

Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses his plan for vaccine safety following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. CNN’s Meg Tirrell explains how the US currently monitors vaccine safety and efficacy.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pleading to voters across the United States not to vote for him if his name appears on their ballots.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have a significant influence on public health matters following Donald Trump's presidential victory.

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The CDC calls the practice of adding fluoride to tap water systems one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the last century.