Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said any staffers in the department who are “working for the pharmaceutical industry” should “move out.” Kennedy was confirmed in a 52-48 Senate vote Thursday,

Hi, it’s Rachel in Washington. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now the head of the US Department of Health and Human Services, and we’re waking up to a new era. More on that in a moment, but

Kennedy Jr., one of America’s most notorious vaccine skeptics, to run the country’s leading health agency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on Thursday, sparking outrage among public health experts who worry that Kennedy will harm public health and further erode trust in science and medicine.