RFK Jr. Swaps Vaccine Talk for Healthy Foods and Reading to Tots in Push To Woo Voters By Amanda Seitz May 13, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/public-health/rfk-make-america-healthy-again-tour-midterms-ohio-food-head-start-vaccines/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--CvO5vABAhln9-TQKUHopZ9xifA6ndgiEhrJ71S82mORdiEl285lWXbpdKadXXzT8SZanCrhZXdYDw_kEMwrcOI3W4JQ&_hsmi=418557843&utm_content=418557843&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: RFK Jr. Swaps Vaccine Talk For Healthy Foods And Reading To Tots In Push To Woo Voters The little boy, dressed in a Toy Story sweatshirt, wrapped himself around the nation’s health secretary. “What do you guys want to be when you grow up?” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked a carpet full of preschoolers. “A dinosaur!” the boy replied, squeezing tighter. Just weeks ago, Kennedy sat before lawmakers on Capitol Hill and faced intense questions about a dangerous uptick in infectious diseases among American children. Now, with midterm primaries underway, Kennedy was seated in a toddler-sized chair in Ohio, on a mission to change the subject. (Seitz, 5/13)