Can RFK Jr.. fix our dysfunctional public health agencies?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being nominated to head up the Department of Health and Human Services .

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the Food and Drug Administration , and the National Institutes of Health are headquartered in Atlanta and suburban Maryland .

Frida Ghitis : Putting RFK Jr. in charge of HHS is not the right way to fix these dysfunctional public health agencies.

Ghitis says the CDC , the FDA , and NIH need drastic reform.

Julian Zelizer : RFK Jr. is correct that the incidence of chronic diseases among Americans has been on the rise.

He says the FDA does not regulate vitamins, clean foods, sunshine, exercise, nutraceuticals.

Zelizer says the main reform the FDA needs is getting out of the way by speeding up its drug and treatment approvals.