Far-Right Activist Targets Trump’s Surgeon General Pick

The selection of Dr. Casey Means drew ridicule from a Trump ally, Laura Loomer. But Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the surgeon general nominee. Read More

Trump chose new surgeon general pick on RFK Jr.’s recommendation

President Trump told reporters Thursday he based his new pick for surgeon general on the recommendation of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Trump was asked why he ... Read More

Kennedy blasts critics of Trump’s surgeon general nominee: ‘Terrified of change’

Secretary Robert F. Kenndy Jr. on Thursday issued an unrelenting defense of President Trump’s surgeon general nominee, Casey Means, who has faced an onslaught of ... Read More

Inside the Health Views of Casey Means, Trump’s Surgeon General Nominee

“More than anything, I would like to see our future White House rally Americans to be healthy and fit,” wrote Means, a physician who President Trump nominated on May 7 for U.S. Surgeon General. Trump ... Read More

Kennedy defends new surgeon general pick from MAGA backlash

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended new surgeon general pick Casey Means on Thursday from attacks from influential far-right activist Laura Loomer, whose critiques of Trump administration ... Read More

Autism and vaccines: The history and politics of the Kennedy-Trump attack on public health

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has sparked widespread outrage with disparaging remarks about autism and plans to set up a national registry of the autistic. Read More

The Many Ways Kennedy Is Already Undermining Vaccines

By Apoorva Mandavilli During his Senate confirmation hearings to be health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented himself as a supporter of vaccines. But in office, he and the agencies he ... Read More

Restore trust in public health weakened by Trump and Kennedy

But now our system is under attack ... Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote on social media: "The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR ... Read More

Trump pick of RFK for top US health job astounds critics

Last night, news broke that President-Elect Donald Trump had nominated Robert F Kennedy ... health of people across the country.” There is yet to be a possible confirmation hearing in the Senate ... Read More