US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health Secretary. At a gala event at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Thursday evening, President-elect Trump said RFK Jr. would 'make America healthy again' as head of the country’s top heath agency. His nomination of RFK Jr., who is well-known for both his environmental activism and his vaccine skepticism, is just the latest in a string of controversial choices for government agencies. Chapter Breakdown 0:00 Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health Secretary 0:27 DW's Special Correspondent Aya Ibrahim on RFK Jr.'s health policy positions 5:24 Margaret Harris, World Health Organization (WHO) Spokesperson, on vaccine policy and global public health 13:10 Ashish Jha, Dean of Brown University's School of Health and former White House Covid-19 Coordinator under President Biden, on RFK JR.'s controversial statements #robertkennedyjr #trump #healthsecretary Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dwnews_hangout Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch
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US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health Secretary. At a gala event at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Thursday evening, President-elect Trump said RFK Jr. would 'make America healthy again' as head of the country’s top heath agency. His nomination of RFK Jr., who is well-known for both his environmental activism and his vaccine skepticism, is just the latest in a string of controversial choices for government agencies. Chapter Breakdown 0:00 Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health Secretary 0:27 DW's Special Correspondent Aya Ibrahim on RFK Jr.'s health policy positions 5:24 Margaret Harris, World Health Organization (WHO) Spokesperson, on vaccine policy and global public health 13:10 Ashish Jha, Dean of Brown University's School of Health and former White House Covid-19 Coordinator under President Biden, on RFK JR.'s controversial statements #robertkennedyjr #trump #healthsecretary Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dwnews_hangout Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch