Where Trump’s Band of Health Nominees Converge and Split With RFK Jr.

The president-elect has nominated an atypical set of people for key health roles in his administration. They don’t always align perfectly with one another.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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President-elect Donald Trump is building an entirely new kind of health team for his incoming administration. While it’s set to be centered around health secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s nominees for other key health roles have their own sometimes controversial views on pivotal issues — including vaccination, diet-related chronic disease and abortion.

Nearly all of the potential officials so far seem to have Kennedy’s blessing, but their views sometimes differ from his in nuanced but potentially consequential ways.

Kennedy did not respond to a request for comment.