Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has attracted immense controversy, cancelling potentially life-saving research, giving outright dangerous advice, and massively confusing the messaging surrounding vaccines. Kennedy has an extensive track record of being a conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccine activist, making him a poor pick for the job of health secretary. Case in point, the Trump administration recently gutted its childhood vaccine schedule, triggering a movement by a growing number of states to break with the official recommendations to protect children from preventable diseases. As part of a separate battle with the United States’ notoriously ultraprocessed food system, Kennedy has also declared war on synthetic food dyes and unveiled new dietary guidelines urging Americans to eat more protein and less sugar. While Kennedy may be the poster child for the expression that even a broken clock is right twice a day — it’s true that US diets are appalling — coming after the country’s much-beloved fast …