RFK Jr.‘s public health policies pose risk to public health, six former surgeons generals warn

Six former U.S. surgeons general are warning that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s actions are “endangering the health of the nation.”
The former officials, who worked under Democratic and Republican presidents, said they felt “compelled” to come together and warn of the “profound, immediate and unprecedented threat” that his policies pose to the nation.

Their column, published in The Washington Post, is written by Drs. Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello and David Satcher. Dr. Adams was the surgeon general in President Trump’s first term.

“Over recent months, we have watched with increasing alarm as the foundations of our nation’s public health system …