Kennedy’s unorthodox ideas about a wide range of health subjects may appear disparate to those who haven’t trawled through his more than a dozen books.

Three of the health secretary’s picks to replace fired members of an influential panel that sets U.S. vaccine policies have filed statements in court flagging concerns about vaccines.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy on Tuesday named eight new members to serve on an influential federal vaccine advisory panel after firing all 17 of the committee's members. Why it matters: While Kennedy posted on X that the new appointees are committed to evidence-based medicine,

"Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could cross the Alps to Switzerland. You could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did."