The agency’s ability to hire and retain skilled employees may be in jeopardy given Trump ally Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hostility to civil servants, Califf said. Trump has said he plans to give Kennedy, leader of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, power over health care policy in his administration.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would "clear out" entire departments of the Food and Drug Administration that are “not doing their jobs,” he told MSNBC on Wednesday.

Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for President, may let Robert F. Kennedy Jr., choose the next leaders of the NIH, CDC, and FDA and "go wild" on health and food.

Mr Kennedy, who initially stood as an independent candidate before backing Mr Trump, has claimed the next US president will push to remove fluoride from drinking water on his first day in office.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the former independent presidential candidate, is reviewing candidate resumes for the top jobs at the U.S. government's health agencies in Donald Trump's incoming administration,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime conspiracy theorist and opponent of vaccines, now has the ear of President-elect Donald Trump to promote what he's calling the "Make America Healthy Again"

Donald Trump associate and noted health nut Robert F. Kennedy Jr. still has federal health regulators in his crosshairs. On Wednesday, RFK, who is tipped to have a major role in Trump's administration,