Trump wants Fox News employee Janette Nesheiwat to lead an authority responsible for protecting public health. She has repeatedly expressed her support for Trump and published pictures of them together on social media.
To lead the US pharmaceutical authority FDA, he has nominated Marty Makary. He is a surgeon, professor, and author, and was seen during the pandemic on Fox News and other conservative media, questioning certain measures introduced to try to prevent the spread of infection. Among other things, he questioned the use of face masks, and although he did not oppose the vaccine, he expressed concern about booster doses of the vaccine for small children.
Marty Makary has previously stated that the US healthcare system is "broken".
Trump has previously announced that he wants to see the well-known vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy as health minister.
If Trump gets his way, Republican Dave Weldon, who previously sat in the House of Representatives, will lead the US infectious disease authority CDC. He is opposed to abortion, and since Kennedy is a former Democrat who advocates for abortion rights, it is possible that Weldon's nomination will calm some abortion opponents.
