“RFK Jr. holds a series of false, non-scientifically backed beliefs, which are held with the strength of a religious conviction … even though data shows he’s wrong,” said Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have a significant influence on public health matters following Donald Trump's presidential victory.

Longtime Democrat and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.is poised to take a health role in a new Trump administration and wage war on chronic disease by attacking everything from fluoride in drinking water to sugary drinks paid for by food stamps.

Kennedy has suggested he would ban fluoride in drinking water after being appointed to an unspecified health post in former President Donald Trump’s upcoming second administration.

Donald Trump’s team appeared to be quietly distancing itself from Robert F Kennedy Jr in the immediate aftermath of the election amid speculation that the former presidential candidate could be handed control of US public health agencies.

Trump has made it clear that RFK Jr. will get the chance to reshape public health in the U.S. if he's re-elected, which could go as far as pulling some vaccines from the market.

It’s too early to know if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have an important healthcare role in a second Trump administration, but investors in vaccine stocks are already taking cover. Stocks of vaccine-makers were underperforming on Wednesday,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, said he didn’t plan to take away anybody’s vaccines if given a role in the second Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump has said Kennedy would [h