Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental and anti-vaccine activist, was selected by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, the United States' top health agency.

On social media and talk shows, Kennedy repeatedly hammers the food industry, claiming it is “mass poisoning” the American public.

If Kennedy lands a White House role in Trump's second administration, he wants to eliminate processed foods in school lunches.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) now requires TV and radio drug ads to be clearer and more direct. The new guidelines, which have been over 15 years in the making, are designed to end industry practices that downplay or distract viewers from risk information.

The new rules, which cover both TV and radio, instruct drugmakers to use simple, consumer-friendly language when describing their drugs, without medical jargon, distracting visuals or audio effects. A 2007 law directed the FDA to ensure that drug risk information appears “in a clear, conspicuous and neutral manner.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has implemented new rules for TV drug ads to make them clearer and more direct in explaining medication risks and side effects.