Florida surgeon general who warned against vaccines may lead HHS under Trump

Joseph Ladapo, who has drawn scorn in the public health community, is being considered by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the nearly $2 trillion health agency.

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Florida’s top health official, whose tenure has been marked by his warnings against vaccines, threats to TV stations for running abortion ads and frequent clashes with public health experts, has emerged as a candidate to run the Department of Health and Human Services in a potential Trump administration, according to two people familiar with the process..