President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Robert F.Kennedy Jr. to be Health and Human Services secretary, the top healthcare job in the administraiton, numerous news sources are reporting.
Trump as a candidate said he would let Kennedy "go wild" on healthcare.
The news, while not unexpected, was a stunning development for healthcare industry and policy leaders because of Kennedy's questioning of the safety of vaccines and his assertions that FDA and other healthcare officials agencies have been corrupted by the pharmaceutical and food industries.
This is a developing story.
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