Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who's nominated to become the next health secretary, asked the federal government to revoke its authorization of all COVID-19 vaccines in May 2021, just as vaccinated Americans began returning to a sense of normalcy after pandemic lockdowns.

The potential elevation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the nation’s largest health agency could be detrimental to the government’s goal of preventing cervical cancer through vaccination. That’s because Kennedy has a long history of making misleading claims about and being involved in legal challenges to the human papillomavirus vaccine,

RFK failed to declare $1.2 million he garnered from an anti-vaccine nonprofit he founded. The numbers were quietly added after Trump appointed him to cabinet.