What Trump’s pick of RFK Jr. means for cancer: Epidemics, HPV, stunted research

Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb expresses “deep concerns”

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist whom Trump has chosen to run HHS, would have the capacity to roll back core public health protections, including protections for people with cancer, and dismantle research related to infectious diseases, public health experts warn. 

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