Feedback Friday: Concerns about America’s public health agencies and governance

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is the 26th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Daniel Schludi/Associated Press/Jose Luis Magana)

There have been significant public health policy changes under the Trump administration. Recently, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would stop recommending COVID-19 vaccines for healthy pregnant women and children.

Then, on Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released immunization schedules, still recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children.

This all comes as ongoing concerns heighten about other key public health policies related to environmental health, health equity, mental health, infectious diseases, reproductive health and the impact of climate change.