President Javier Milei says the WHO promoted "endless quarantines" without scientific support during the pandemic.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a lawyer with no medical or public health training, is a longtime vaccine critic.
Several CDC pages have been taken down amid a move by the Trump administration to remove all language related to gender identity and LGBTQ issues.
But HHS and other organizations have taken actions to alleviate the shortages, which began with the 2008-2009 recession.
Senators pressed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on past statements he's made suggesting a link between autism and the MMR vaccine.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, was asked repeatedly about past anti-vaccine statements in the first of 2 hearings on whether he should be confirmed as HHS Secretary.
The KFF poll, conducted earlier this month, also teases out impressions of Trump's health nominees and perceptions about the H5N1 threat.
With a total of $100 billion spent, PEPFAR is the largest public health commitment in history by any country to address a single disease.
The Trump administration has placed a pause on all external health communications from federal health agencies, including the CDC and FDA, according to media reports.
With moderately high trust in scientists, respondents wanted a higher priority on public health, energy challenges, and poverty.