Donald Trump caused alarm in the medical community by picking anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head up the Department of Health and Human Services. But less noted was a similarly-minded pick to head up the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Trump, 78, nominated Dr. Marty Makary – a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine – to serve as FDA commissioner; former Congressman Dr. Dave Weldon to head the CDC; and Dr. Janette Nesheiwat – a Fox News medical contributor – to serve as surgeon general.

President-elect Donald Trump announced nominations for surgeon general, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, among others Friday. Trump has nominated Dr.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected a staunch pro-life advocate to serve as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Protection as the pro-life movement has expressed concern about his pick to lead the agency that oversees it.

Kennedy Jr. As Secretary Of Health, Human Services“In addition to being a medical doctor for 40 years, and an Army veteran, Dave has been a respected conservative leader on fiscal and social issues, and served on the Labor/HHS appropriations committee,