Trump Picks RFK Jr. to Run Dept. of Health and Human Services – Rolling Stone

                        By  <a class="c-link  lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary-dark:hover lrv-u-text-decoration-underline:hover lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/author/nikki-mccann-ramirez/"            >   Nikki McCann Ramirez</a>                        <br>    President-elect Donald Trump has nominated vaccine conspiracy theorist and failed presidential candidate <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/robert-f-kennedy-jr/"  id="auto-tag_robert-f-kennedy-jr"  data-tag="robert-f-kennedy-jr"  >Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a> to head the Department of Health and Human Services.<br>  &#8220;For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health,&#8221; Trump wrote in a statement, adding that <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/rfk-jr/"  id="auto-tag_rfk-jr"  data-tag="rfk-jr"  >RFK Jr.</a>&#8216;s HHS &#8220;will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country.&#8221;<br>     Kennedy has already been meeting with members of Trump&rsquo;s transition team in recent weeks, and has signaled that he will usher in a large-scale transformation of American health care if he&rsquo;s appointed to a government role. It seems he will be.&nbsp;<br>    Last week, Kennedy<a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rfk-jr-planning-takeover-health-agencies-1235150677/"  > told <em>The Washington Post</em></a><em> </em>that &ldquo;the president has asked me to clean up corruption and conflicts at the agencies and to end the chronic disease epidemic.&rdquo;   <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300">                  <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-dsk-tab-article-inbody-uid0"       class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">

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