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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graig Graziosi

Six former surgeons general unite for rare warning over RFK Jr’s actions: ‘endangering the health of the nation’

Six former U.S. surgeons general have publicly condemned Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, calling his leadership a "profound, immediate, and unprecedented threat" to the health and safety of Americans.

The letter, published in The Washington Post, was written by Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello, and David Satcher—who have all served as surgeon general and have collectively served under every Republican and Democratic president since George H. W. Bush.

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