# Contagion: RFK Jr’s war on public health

An episode of [The Slow Newscast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403), 23 Sep 2025, 41 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/68d041e62cf15c8db0fcd0cf/media.mp3

Insiders tell the story of how the US Health Secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has hollowed out the Center for Disease Control putting the whole world at risk in the event of another pandemic. Reporter: Stephen Armstrong Producer: Ada Barumé Sound design: Dominic Delargy Art work: Lola Williams Editor: Jasper Corbett To find out more about The Observer: Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content head to our website observer.co.uk Download the Tortoise app – for a listening experience curated by our journalists Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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