Both RFK Jr. and his younger brother David developed drug addictions at a young age after their father was assassinated.

Donald Trump associate and noted health nut Robert F. Kennedy Jr. still has federal health regulators in his crosshairs. On Wednesday, RFK — who's tipped to have a major role in Trump's administration — said that there are entire departments within the ...

The former Independent candidate, who is expected to be health czar under Donald Trump, has a history of spreading conspiracy theories

One senior executive from the healthcare sector told the Financial Times his influence on policy would be “awful on a lot of levels."

RFK Jr. has said Trump promised him “control of the public health agencies,” including the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He’s talked about cleaning up “corruption” at those agencies and reorienting them towards a chronic disease focus (in a page on his MAHA website that has since been scrubbed).

In an interview with NPR on Wednesday, Kennedy said Trump had already assigned him three tasks: to reduce the “corruption and conflicts” in regulatory agencies like the FDA, return those agencies to the “evidence-based science and medicine that they were once famous for,” and to end chronic disease with measurable impacts within two years.

"On January 20, the Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water. Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease," Kennedy said on social media over the weekend.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who will meet with senior Trump aides Wednesday to discuss his role going forward, said he would eliminate the nutrition departments at the FDA.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have a significant influence on public health matters following Donald Trump's presidential victory.

Trump said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be allowed to reshape the country's public health and "do some things."

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the former independent presidential candidate, is reviewing candidate resumes for the top jobs at the U.S. government's health agencies in Donald Trump's incoming administration,