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Trump appoints RFK to lead health department. President-elect Donald Trump announced Nov. 14 he will nominate vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine, and food safety to medical research, Medicare, and Medicaid. Mr. Kennedy, a former Democrat who ran as an independent in the presidential race, abandoned his bid after striking a deal to give Mr. Trump his endorsement with a promise to have a role in health policy.

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