STAT+: 8 key players inside RFK Jr.’s HHS
Conservative stalwarts, Trump loyalists, friends of Bobby's — a look at eight key players at HHS as RFK Jr. and MAHA take charge of federal health policy.
WASHINGTON — A general is nothing without his colonels, and in the war against chronic disease, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will need help.
While the Senate works to confirm the remaining of President Trump’s picks to lead federal agencies, the Department of Health and Human Services is filling out with allies to both Trump and RFK Jr.
Taken together, they reveal a pattern: Trump loyalists and those with a conservative pedigree are front and center, but Kennedy has some who share his priorities, too.
