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Six former U.S. surgeons general have publicly condemned Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, calling his leadership a "profound, immediate, and unprecedented threat" to the health and safety of Americans.
The letter, published in The Washington Post, was written by Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello, and David Satcher—who have all served as surgeon general and have collectively served under every Republican and Democratic president since George H. W. Bush.
The surgeons general warned that Kennedy is "endangering the health of the nation."
Such a letter from bipartisan surgeons general essentially calling for the removal of a DHHS director is unprecedented.
"Over recent mon
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