What can Trump and RFK Jr. actually do on health care? Efforts to ban pharma drug ads and curb water fluoridation could be on the table

https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/09/trump-administration-healthcare-policy-realistic-expectations-rfk-jr/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9KjrKXCrmaAbCzfHmn5nvicO-CxJFrHntSjp2cuZsmYhhJgWR1T7QscCpdAKEwwqMRo8eDbm9jXE4lrnfoQRY2Cr5j0w&_hsmi=344409238&utm_content=344409238&utm_source=hs_email RFK Jr.'s blueprint for questioning vaccine safety Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has insisted he doesn’t want to take away vaccines — he just wants to make sure they’re safe. But in a 2023 book and on the website for a nonprofit he’s worked for, Kennedy sketches out a blueprint that could subject recommended vaccines to renewed scrutiny, redirect research, strip legal protections for vaccine makers, and change how vaccines are advertised. His 7-step plan provides a window into how he could use the levers of power as the top U.S. health official to sow doubt about vaccines at a time when rates of childhood immunizations are already slipping. https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/rfk-jr-vaccines-kennedy-confirmation-hearing-vaccination-policy-hhs-secretary/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_MYmOHoA2UnSQ6aJPfF7nRZGg3ciEDInLqSlpCg4Z90ZwCXbfFqYvbh0mhPdnaKIRxAkkfYxAjIshcN0fvP3qna-vYvA&_hsmi=344409238&utm_content=344409238&utm_source=hs_email Read more from STAT’s Rachel Cohrs Zhang and Sarah Owermohle. Kennedy’s confirmation hearing with the Senate Finance Committee will take place tomorrow, and vaccines are sure to come up.