John Oliver slams RFK Jr. in powerful public health deep dive

John Oliver has already spent time on Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, but on Sunday he turned his attention to another prominent White House official: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr.

In Sunday’s Last Week Tonight video above the late night show host breaks down everything from RFK Jr.’s cuts to public health agencies — including some programs he didn’t realise he was cutting — through to his views on vaccinations and how these are influencing his decision-making.

“Kennedy is still pushing Vitamin A as a measles treatment,” says Oliver, “which seems to have had consequences given multiple children in West Texas have been treated for Vitamin A toxicity stemming from at-home attempts to treat measles, and all the while Kennedy’s funding cuts have hampered States’ ability to mitigate this outbreak.”