Health News Robert F Kennedy Jr ’s Nomination To Be Health Secretary Advances In Divided Senate Committee Vote

How RFK Jr., America’s celebrity health secretary, is steamrolling science

RFK Jr. is plowing ahead with sweeping changes to U.S. health care that have thrilled supporters, purged opponents, and horrified critics. Read More

Who is RFK Jr.? Trump's pick for health agencies has history of anti-vax views.

Trump chose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run Health and Human Services Department, which oversees NIH, CDC and FDA, among other agencies. 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

RFK Jr. is battling a top aide on vaccines, again

The health secretary and his FDA chief, Marty Makary, can’t agree on how to proceed with vaccine safety studies. Read More

RFK Jr. ally Calley Means formally joins Trump administration

Calley Means, a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, has formally joined the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A staff directory for the Health Department lists Means ... Read More

Calley Means Returns to Kennedy’s Side as Senior Adviser

Mr. Means, who co-founded a wellness company, has emerged as one of the most prominent voices in the Make America Healthy Again movement. Read More

Kennedy's crusade threatens Trump's agenda, and could cost Republicans the midterms | Opinion

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on a crusade that is hurting everyday Americans by driving chaos in our health system, disrupting and perhaps even threatening the ... Read More

RFK Jr.'s new dietary guidelines could be controversial. Here's what to watch for

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s affinity for saturated fat and his ire over ultraprocessed foods could influence federal food guidelines, expected out this fall. (Francesco Carta ... Read More

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

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental... Psychiatrists have joined other public health groups ... Read More

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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, in the Oval Office on Sept. 30. Psychiatrists say recent gains in substance abuse treatment are in jeopardy under ... Read More