Trump to Consider Some of RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vaccine and Fluoride Policies

Trump considers moves on vaccines, fluoride in water with help from RFK Jr.

One day before Election Day, Former President Donald Trump is making one of his final pitches to voters. He said he’ll consider taking on two controversial public health topics, vaccines and fluoride in drinking water, if he wins the White House. In a phone interview with NBC News Sunday, Nov. 3, Trump said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would play a key role in his administration on both of those issues.  This comes after Kennedy made a last push for Tr…

RFK Jr. Dragged After Bizarrely Claiming He'll Ban Fluoride In Water When Trump Takes Office

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a bonkers tweet that Republican candidate Donald Trump would remove fluoride from the public water in U.S. water systems on day one of his second White House term. Although medical associations have deemed fluoride safe in appropriate amounts to aid cavity prevention, RFK Jr. said fluoride was an "industrial waste" that causes "IQ loss" and "neurodevelopmental disorders," among other unsupported side effects. Last…

RFK Jr. says a Trump White House would immediately push to remove...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday that a Trump administration would, on its first day, "advise all U.S​. water systems to remove fluoride from public water." Kennedy linked fluoride to various illnesses, despite major medical associations supporting water fluoridation, which they say is safe and a benefit to public health. "President ​@realDonaldTrump and First Lady @MELANIATRUMP want to Make America Healthy Again," the former Democratic presi…

Trump Teases Vaccine Bans With RFK Jr. in Potential Health Role

Trump has made it clear that RFK Jr. will get the chance to reshape public health in the U.S. if he's re-elected, which could go as far as pulling some vaccines from the market.

RFK Jr. Threatens the Very Fabric of Healthcare

Durrani is an emergency medicine physician. With the November 5 election upon us, health policy is once again at the forefront of political discourse. Recently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been making headlines after presidential candidate Donald Trump indicated that if he were elected, Kennedy could “go wild on health” with a health policy role […]

‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea

Over the weekend Donald Trump said he is considering a ban on not just vaccine mandates, but vaccines themselves—an extension of his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The ex-president also said he is considering RFK Jr.'s declaration that he would immediately ban fluoride treatments in public water, ...