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How RFK Jr. is quickly changing U.S. health agencies
The health and human services secretary is shrinking staff at health agencies and reshaping the mission of his department to ...
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More Americans disapprove than approve of the job Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing as U.S. health secretary
Around seven-in-ten Democrats (72%) disapprove of the job Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing, compared with 14% of Republicans.
Beware: There’s a new Trump-RFK Jr. epidemic brewing
The rise in whooping cough cases comes as vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is leading the U.S. Health and Human Services ...
RFK Jr. has promoted 'freedom of choice' while limiting vaccines, food
Experts say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has talked about "freedom of choice" in health care while limiting choices on some products ...
Health Experts Call Out RFK Jr. Policy Changes: 'New Inconsistency Every Day'
HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. previously said about the new CDC guidance on COVID vaccines: "I couldn't be more pleased to ...
Vaccine Opponent Hired by RFK Jr. Scours Official Records for Link to Autism
David Geier has sought access to a federal database from which he was previously barred.
RFK Jr. to tell medical schools to teach nutrition or lose federal funding
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to tell medical schools they must offer nutrition courses to students or risk losing federal ...
Nearly 100 House Democrats urge RFK Jr. to restore millions in family planning grants
Nearly 100 House Democrats are calling on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore tens of millions of dollars in federal family planning grants to more than a ...
Despite Kennedy’s claims, vaccines have been tested in placebo-controlled studies – nearly 260 of them
There have been 258 placebo-controlled clinical trials of vaccines, according to a new research project. More than half of ...
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RFK Jr. is shrinking the agency that works on mental illness and addiction
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration has seen its staff cut by more than a third, and it's facing deep budget ...
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RFK Jr. says healthy pregnant women don't need COVID boosters. Here's what the science says
Because pregnancy suppresses the immune system, pregnant people are more likely to get sick and have a harder time fighting ...
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What Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Doesn’t Understand About Autism
Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox. When Donald Trump made an alliance with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., he brought vaccine ...