2025-01-09 18:38:14

More than 15,000 doctors urge Senate to reject RFK Jr as health secretary

Physicians call Kennedy ‘dangerous’ and point to harmful conspiracy theories about vaccines and scienceMore than 15,000 doctors have signed on to a letter circulated by the Committee to Protect Health Care in opposition of Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of health and human services, Robert F Kennedy Jr.“As physicians who care deeply about the health and safety of our patients and communities, we are appalled by Donald Trump’s reckless decision to appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS),” the letter states. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/09/senate-rfk-jr-health-secretary-letter

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