A vaccine skeptic is now running the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Welcome to The Logoff. Today I’m focusing on new Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’ll now run some of the government’s largest agencies — and whose policy decisions will affect the health of every American. (Special thanks to Dylan Scott, who helped me wrap my head around this unconventional nominee.)
What’s the latest? The Senate voted 52-48 to confirm Kennedy. All Democrats and both independents voted no, as did Republican Mitch McConnell. The other 52 Republicans voted yes.
What will he be in charge of? Kennedy will oversee basically any place where the federal government touches health care or public health, including Medicare and Medicaid, the Food and Drug Administration, and the federal hubs for disease research and prevention (the CDC and NIH).
