March
Kennedy to slash 10,000 jobs in US health overhaul
Cuts include 3500 at the Food and Drug Administration, 2400 at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and 1200 at the National Institutes of Health.
February
US Senate panel backs RFK jnr as Trump’s health secretary
The decision by the Republican-controlled committee paves the way for a full vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy jnr as soon as this week.
January
‘Predator’: Caroline Kennedy warns America of RFK jnr
In a searing letter, the former ambassador to Australia said Robert F. Kennedy jnr had led family members to drug addiction, and was unfit to be health secretary.
November 2024
CSL tumbles as investors fear RFK jnr’s vaccine plans
The White House appointment of the anti-vax conspiracy theorist is devastating ASX healthcare and biotech shares as he threatens to turn the FDA ‘on its head’.
The RFK Jr diet: No Big Macs, Cokes or dogs
Donald Trump’s public-health czar likes to talk about vitamins and has been known to post videos of himself lifting weights, shirtless.
Trump picks ‘absolutely frightening’ Kennedy to run health
The president-elect’s choice to run US health has called vaccines a “crime against humanity” and has been linked to dumping a dead bear and decapitating a whale.