Trump Picks RFK Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services

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Kennedy would oversee the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and other agencies, if confirmed.

President-elect Donald Trump chose Robert F. Kennedy Jr as his nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday.

“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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, along with his announcement.

Kennedy, who first announced he was running for president on the Democratic Party ticket in April 2023 and then switched to an independent bid in October 2023, suspended this presidential campaign in August and endorsed Republican Party nominee Trump.

The HHS, created in 1979, oversees 13 separate agencies. The most well-known of these are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institutes of Health.

The HHS is currently led by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra. Becerra was formerly a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California.

Kennedy, who is the son of former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, is the founder of Children’s Health Defense (CHD). The 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, according to its website, works to end “childhood health epidemics by eliminating toxic exposure.”

The CHD website highlights potential problems linked to vaccines administered to children under the recommendation of the CDC. The organization questions whether that vaccine regimen is linked to children’s health problems.

This is a breaking story and it will be updated.