Tag: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Can the FDA fulfil its mission with a smaller workforce?

Volume 405, Issue 10488
26 April 2025
WORLD REPORT    The US Food and Drug Administration’s new commissioner promises to restore public trust despite mass layoffs. Washington Correspondent Susan Jaffe reports. 

Martin Makary fielded questions for nearly 2 h from a Senate committee last month before winning approval to take the helm as commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). His early actions have provided some additional answers about how he will likely run an agency that impacts Americans’ daily lives but is depleted by the forced departure of at least 3500 scientists and other staff. [Continued here.]…

Robert Kennedy Jr’s Promises

Volume 405, Issue 10480
1 March 2025
WORLD REPORT    To earn enough Senate votes for confirmation as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F Kennedy Jr made some surprising promises for someone aspiring to become the nation’s top health official. He had to reassure a few sceptical Republican senators that he would not overturn years of accepted public health policies, medical practice, and scientific consensus. And yet, in just the short time since assuming his new post on Feb 13, Kennedy’s actions—and inaction—appear to undermine those commitments as thousands of HHS employees are laid off under President Donald Trump’s executive orders shrinking the size and cost of government. [Continued here.]

 

 

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