Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to purge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shortly before being chosen as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for health secretary. Any changes he wants to make will come up against a pharmaceutical industry that pays much of the regulator's bills.

Staff turnover is typical when a new administration comes in, and a significant number of FDA employees similarly considered leaving before President-elect Donald Trump’s first term in office, said one former and one current official.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has fanned the flames of vaccine misinformation and elevated unfounded claims about corruption within the FDA. Why it matters: Now, he's President-elect Trump's pick to lead America's health agencies — including the ones he has lambasted for years.

The president-elect says the long-standing vaccine sceptic will "make America healthy again", in his first speech since election night.

Facing with a dialogue with RFK Jr., a top FDA official mounts a public defense of vaccines — and pleads for open minds.

He wants vaccines subjected to the same scientific rigor as all the other medication,” Pinsky told NewsNation’s “On Balance.”

Federal health scientists voice concern over an anticipated takeover by medical skeptics in Trump’s second administration

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to purge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shortly before being chosen as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for health secretary. Any changes he wants to make will come up against a pharmaceutical industry that pays much of the regulator's bills.