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Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock calls HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "A hazard to the health of the American people"

Sen. Raphael Warnock on Sunday intensified his calls for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired. Read More

RFK Jr. Says He's Not Telling Americans to 'Do Anything That I Do' amid Questions About Using Nicotine and Tanning Beds

The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services talked about his lifestyle choices on Sunday, Nov. 23 ... Read More

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Psychiatrists have joined other public health groups in calling for the removal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. Two psychiatry organizations — the Southern California Psychiatry Society ... Read More

WATCH: Ousted CDC head Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s public health system is headed to a “very dangerous place” with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team of anti-vaccine advisers in charge, fired Centers for ... Read More

What former CDC officials will say at today’s Senate hearing

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ... Read More

Former surgeons general: RFK Jr. actions ‘endangering the health of the nation’

Six former surgeons general criticized Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a Tuesday op-ed in The Washington Post. “The actions of Health and Human Services Secretary ... Read More

RFK Jr.'s take on vaccine science fractures cohesive national public health strategies

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has had a busy few months. He fired the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, purged the agency's vaccine advisory ... Read More

Democratic governors form a public health alliance in a rebuke of Trump

They're framing it as a way to share data, messages about threats, emergency preparedness and public health policy — and as a rebuke to President Donald Trump's administration, which they say isn't ... Read More

The Atlantic’s January Cover: Michael Scherer Profiles Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ‘The Most Powerful Man in Science’

For The Atlantic’s January cover story, “The Most Powerful Man in Science,” staff writer Michael Scherer profiles Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, as he crusades ... Read More

RFK Jr. says he personally directed CDC's new guidance on vaccines and autism

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times in an interview that he personally directed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its website to contradict its l ... Read More

Trump taps Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead Department of Health and Human Services

Trump announced his nomination for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The position requires senate approval. Read More

RFK Jr. expected to recommend eating more saturated fats

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to release new dietary guidelines encouraging more consumption of saturated fats, despite long-held medical recommendations ... Read More