Donald Trump caused alarm in the medical community by picking anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head up the Department of Health and Human Services. But less noted was a similarly-minded pick to head up the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Trump, 78, nominated Dr. Marty Makary – a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine – to serve as FDA commissioner; former Congressman Dr. Dave Weldon to head the CDC; and  Dr. Janette

Makary and Weldon, who have criticized the agencies they may soon run, were joined by Janette Nesheiwat, Trump’s pick to be surgeon general.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected a staunch pro-life advocate to serve as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Protection as the pro-life movement has expressed concern about his pick to lead the agency that oversees it.

President-elect Donald Trump nominated his picks for Centers for Disease Control and prevention director, Food and Drug Administration commissioner, and surgeon general on Friday evening. Trump chose former Florida representative Dave Weldon as director of the CDC.

Kennedy Jr. As Secretary Of Health, Human Services“In addition to being a medical doctor for 40 years, and an Army veteran, Dave has been a respected conservative leader on fiscal and social issues, and served on the Labor/HHS appropriations committee,