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Local health officials scramble amid a push from RFK Jr. to ‘Make America Healthy Again’

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony on President Trump's 2026 health care agenda.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony on President Trump's 2026 health care agenda.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, . He recently spoke to Congress following a brain drain at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC’s director was . And several other high-level officials have also . They say Kennedy is weakening the administration with what they call “.”

Today on The Wheelhouse, we ask public health officials in how they’re preparing for the next pandemic and their thoughts on the future of health policy amid a nationwide movement to “Make America Healthy Again.”

GUESTS:

  • , science and global health reporter, The New York Times
  • , Infectious Diseases Director, CT Department of Public Health
  • Sujata Srinivasan, senior health reporter,

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Frankie Graziano is the host of 'The Wheelhouse,' focusing on how local and national politics impact the people of .
Chloe Wynne is a producer for 'The Wheelhouse' and 'Where We Live.' She previously worked as a producer and reporter for the investigative podcast series, 'Admissible: Shreds of Evidence,' which was co-produced by VPM and Story Mechanics and distributed by iHeartRadio. She began her journalism career at inewsource, an investigative newsroom in San Diego, Calif., where she covered housing, education and crime. She earned her master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2021, where she focused on audio storytelling.