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

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

Americans hate their health care system. Here's how Trump may be making it worse.

Proposed cuts threaten health insurance for tens of millions, tariffs will drive up drug prices, and key programs are being cut, medical experts say. Read More

Exclusive: Kennedy aide and vaccine critic questions recent expert recommendations

An aide to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking more information about three vaccines recommended by a panel of outside experts last month, according to documents reviewed by Reuters ... Read More

US Health secretary Kennedy revives misleading claims of 'fetal debris' in measles shots

U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reprised various misleading claims about vaccines this week, including that the measles vaccine contains cells from aborted fetuses and the mumps ... 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

RFK Jr. vowed to upend American health care. It’s happening faster than expected.

“The perception is that every single vaccine now is going to get held up” until political appointees review them, said one adviser to drug companies and health care ... Kennedy’s high ... Read More

RFK Jr. says he's "not familiar" with all health program cuts in exclusive interview

Kennedy Jr. spoke with CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook about the measles vaccine, major government cuts and health care costs. LaPook met with Kennedy in Mesa, Arizona ... 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

Kennedy’s Vaccine Hypocrisy Is Unsustainable

Any hopes that Mr. Kennedy’s noxious views on vaccines would moderate with responsibility ... were opposed to his nomination as leader of our health care system. Mr. Kennedy’s best chance ... Read More

Health secretary RFK Jr. declares certain vaccines have ‘never worked,’ flummoxing scientists

Health secretary ... was dismissed as erroneous by vaccine experts, who were befuddled by the secretary’s theory, espoused during an interview with CBS News. Kennedy made the claim in ... Read More

RFK Jr. has yet another theory about vaccines

But this week, he unveiled a new one: The idea that respiratory vaccines targeting only one portion of the pathogen don’t work. Kennedy made the claim during an interview with CBS News ... Read More

RFK Jr. will order placebo testing for new vaccines, alarming health experts

The potential change outlined in a statement would require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, sparking concerns among medical experts. Read More