In a recent executive order creating a Make America Healthy Again Commission, the president wrote of “protecting expert recommendations from inappropriate influence.” And HHS recently affirmed the administration’s aversion to outside views when it curtailed public comments on policy changes,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed divisive ideas about vaccines, but some applaud his efforts to target ultra-processed foods in Americans' diets.

The Health and Human Services Department is reviewing contracts and moving to replace vaccine advisers in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first few weeks at the helm.