‘Resign or be fired’: Public health trade group head calls for axing RFK Jr.

Published April 10, 2025 12:20pm ET



The director of the American Public Health Association is calling for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “resign or be fired” from his position as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

“Americans deserve better than someone who is trying to impose his unscientific and judgemental views of public health and science,” said APHA director Dr. Georges Benjamin in a statement. “We deserve better than RFK Jr. He demonstrated his incompetence in only a few weeks.”

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