Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the next presidential administration, is a controversial choice and some of his views, including the promotion of raw milk, are stoking concern among medical professionals.
RFK Jr., who doesn’t have medical training, is a proponent of alternative and holistic medicine, and he has said he believes that pharmaceutical companies are suppressing research into healthcare outside of the bounds of pharmaceutical patents.
Posting to X (formerly Twitter) on October 25, RFK Jr. spoke about how he believes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preventing people from having access to things like raw milk, saying: “FDA’s war on public health is about …