Just three weeks ago, it looked as though Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s goose might be cooked. Donald Trump’s Health Secretary was on the receiving end of an absolute drubbing on Capitol Hill, with even Republicans beginning to doubt whether he had the staying power to survive within the President’s cabinet.

At issue was his shock firing of his own choice to lead the Centers for Disease Control, one of the world’s pre-eminent public health institutions.

Kennedy had made a controversial selection : Susan Monarez became the first CDC Director since 1953 never to have qualified as a physician. At her swearing-in ceremony, he tried to reassure sceptics, promising them that she had “unimpeachable public health credentials”. New Feature

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