Kennedy Jr. became the country's top health official, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has already pulled back ...

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Recently appointed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 2018 helped bring several cases against vaccine maker Merck, ...

He will also oversee 80,000 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... unresolved conflicts of interest, RFK Jr.’s family could continue getting richer from his anti ...

The takeaways after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions from senators during his confirmation hearings to potentially lead the Department of Health and Human Services. GOP Sen. Susan Collins ...

The U.S. Senate has confirmed environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of the $1.8 trillion Department of ...

The panel of vaccine experts were supposed to hold their first meeting under the Trump administration in late February. It's ...

Kennedy was approved as HHS secretary by the Senate last week in a 52-48 vote, with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, a polio survivor, casting the only dissenting vote from his party. Kennedy ...

Under Kennedy’s leadership, the CDC pulled the plug on its “Wild to Mild initiative” —  which was aimed at ...

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in the year 2000 due to an effective vaccine. But a quarter century ...