RFK Jr. Seeking Federal Health Data to See If Vaccines Are Unsafe: Trump Transition Chair

Robert F. Kennedy wants access to federal health data under a potential second Trump administration to assess vaccine safety, the co-chair of former President Donald Trump’s transition team has said. During a CNN interview published on Oct. 30, Howard Lutnick, who is also the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, said that he did not think Kennedy would be chosen as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency that oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Earlier this week, Kennedy said in a Zoom call that Trump had promised to give him “control of the public health agencies,” over the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services. Lutnick was responding to a question regarding that comment....