Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has been in a marathon of meetings to shore up his confirmation votes come the new year. As his “Make America Healthy Again” movement gets closer to a seat of power in the federal government, onlookers are wondering how Kennedy’s sweeping critiques of food, pharma and health care will translate into actual policy.

In a Q and A, Michael Osterholm encourages openness on benefits and risks of different vaccines