A total of 77 Nobel Prize laureates warned the Senate against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for HHS, citing risks to public health and scientific integrity.
Richard Roberts, a Nobel laureate, emphasized that political attacks on science are damaging, urging for a defense of scientific principles in the face of such challenges.
Kennedy's controversial stances on vaccines and established science, including the unfounded vaccine-autism link and HIV/AIDS denial, raised red flags among prominent scientists.
The letter asserted that appointing Kennedy as head of DHHS would jeopardize public health and undermine America's position as a leader in health sciences.
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