Health News Takeaways From Rfk Jr S First Confirmation Hearing As Trump’s Nominee For Health Secretary

It’s not just vaccines. How RFK Jr. is reshaping public health messaging

As health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wields one of the louder megaphones the federal government has. Yet he insists he doesn’t want to impose his opinions on Americans. “I don ... Read More

RFK Jr., unconstrained by Congress, presses ahead to reshape health care

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., unconstrained by Congress, is pressing ahead in his mission to reshape health care. Read More

Times Opinion: RFK Jr.’s deepening threat to public health

Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds via AFP/Getty Images/TNS / U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet Meeting in ... Read More

Trump lets RFK Jr. 'go wild' on childhood vaccine policy

On the campaign trail last October, President Trump promised to let his Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., “go wild on health.” A year later, that promise is being ... Read More

RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel delays hepatitis B shot vote after chaotic meeting

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s influential vaccine advisory panel on Thursday delayed a vote for a second time on whether to change the timing of the first dose of the ... Read More

House Democrat files impeachment article against RFK Jr.

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens, who is running for an open Senate seat in Michigan, formally introduced an article of impeachment Wednesday against Health and Human Services Secretary ... Read More

RFK Jr.’s chosen vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. A loud chorus of ... Read More

WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr.’s CDC panel to debate whether newborns should get lifesaving hepatitis B shot

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee this week is expected to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine — the first shot found to prevent cancer. The Advisory ... Read More

RFK Jr. says he'll work with federal agencies to wind down animal testing

Animal rights groups celebrate, but the Trump administration is light on specifics about phasing out federally funded medical testing on animals. Read More