FDA vaccines chief hopes for common ground with RFK Jr.

The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccines official says he hopes to find common ground with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was picked Thursday by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Department of Health and Human Services. 

"What I would ask of him is that he keep an open mind. We're happy to try to show as much of the data as we can. And I think the data are essentially overwhelming, in certain areas, but we'll just have to engage in the dialogue," said Dr. Peter Marks, speaking at an event hosted by the Milken Institute in Washington, D.C., this week, ahead of Trump's decision. 

Kennedy has insisted that he is not "anti-vaccine" and has pledged not to ban vaccines under Trump. Instead, Kennedy has promised to "restore the transparency" around vaccine safety data and records that he accuses HHS officials of hiding.