Vaccine Stocks Drop on Worries About an RFK Jr. Role

Vaccine Stocks Drop on Worries About an RFK Jr. Role·The Wall Street Journal

It’s too early to know if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have an important healthcare role in a second Trump administration, but investors in vaccine stocks are already taking cover. Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist, could “do pretty much what he wants” in his administration. In a video posted last week, Kennedy said that Trump had “promised” him control of several health-focused governmental offices, including Health and Human Services.

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