The Republican added that the safety and health of Americans is the most important role of any government, and HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everyone is protected from the harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements that are contributing to the staggering health crisis in the US .

“Mr. Kennedy will rebuild these agencies to end the chronic disease epidemic and make America great and healthy again!” – said Trump.

The Department of Health and Human Services oversees the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the massive Medicare and Medicaid Services programs, which provide health insurance to poor people over 65. age and disability.

Kennedy and his anti-vaccination stance

Kennedy has been criticized for making false medical claims, such as that vaccines are linked to autism. He has opposed state and federal restrictions imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic and has been accused of spreading misinformation about the virus.

He rejects the “anti-vaxxer” label and says he instead wants more rigorous testing of vaccines. However, he headed Children’s Health Defense, a non-profit organization engaged in anti-vaccine activities.

In an interview in March, when he was still a presidential candidate, Kennedy said Americans who want the vaccine for themselves or their children would still have access to it if he was elected. But he said he doubts the effectiveness of measles vaccines.

During his campaign, he admitted in a video posted online that ten years ago he abandoned a dead bear in New York’s Central Park and staged it as if he had been hit by a bicycle.

He said he has “a lot of skeletons in his closet” after his family’s former nanny accused him of sexual assault.

He denied that the large animal that appeared in the photograph of him posing with the roast carcass belonged to a dog.

Kennedy’s campaign also confirmed reports that he had a parasite in his brain more than a decade ago, but has since made a full recovery. (Reuters)