Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was announced, public health advocates around the nation began sounding the alarm. The Center for Inquiry called him “wholly unqualified and manifestly unfit,” and that’s likely an understatement.
In the weeks since, vaccine expert and CSI Fellow Paul Offit has emerged as one of the go-to experts for reporters and analysts covering Kennedy’s nomination—and looking to understand just how much trouble we might be in if he’s confirmed.
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was announced, public health advocates around the nation began sounding the alarm. The Center for Inquiry called him “wholly unqualified and manifestly unfit,” and that’s likely an understatement.
In the weeks since, vaccine expert and CSI Fellow Paul Offit has emerged as one of the go-to experts for reporters and analysts covering Kennedy’s nomination—and looking to understand just how much trouble we might be in if he’s confirmed.
