Trump's RFK appointment sends stock market into meltdown - as his full plan to 'make America healthy again' is revealed READ MORE: RFK Jnr. wants to pull fluoride from US tap water By LUKE ANDREWS SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 23:06, 14 November 2024 | Updated: 23:49, 14 November 2024 e-mail 24 shares 151 View comments Donald Trump 's appointment of Robert F Kennedy Junior as his most senior health chief sent shares of major drug companies crashing today.
Moderna stock tumbled seven percent following the announcement of RFK Jr as secretary of health and human services , as Pfizer 's fell three percent and Novavax saw its shares drop five percent. The idea of one of the country's foremost vaccine skeptics heading up health policy has many health experts in government nervous, but he has earned praise from the left and right for his plans to crack down on harmful food ingredients that aren't allowed abroad and emphasize exercise and healthy eating over taking pills. As HHS boss, Mr Kennedy would be in charge of America's three healthcare agencies — the CDC , FDA and the NIH —and would have the power to bring in many of those changes and more.
Mr Kennedy's ‘Make America Healthy Again’ tapped into the frustration at the fact that the US spends more on healthcare than any other country yet is among the sickest, with a lower life expectancy than peer nations like the UK, Canada and Australia. He claims this contradiction is being driven by corporate in.