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RFK Jr., intent to focus on chronic disease, continues to be dogged by impacts of HHS cuts
Far as he was from Washington, D.C., as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hiked to the top of a ...
As RFK Jr. defends cuts to public health, experts warn of devastating effects that could haunt Americans for decades
But while the ultimate fate of those actions is unknown, there is one area to which experts say Trump’s administration ...
RFK Jr.’s long, complicated history with the measles vaccines
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week made his strongest endorsement yet of the measles vaccine ...
CDC denies Milwaukee's request for help with MPS lead poisoning probe. RFK Jr. slashed jobs.
The city's request, sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was denied "due to the complete loss of (CDC's) ...
RFK Jr. pledges HHS will determine cause of autism by September
RFK Jr., the head of HHS, said the agency is taking on a "massive testing and research effort" to determine the cause of ...
Microplastics and MAHA: How RFK Jr. can regulate plastics pollution from within HHS
One of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first campaign promises during his failed presidential bid was to curb plastic pollution, ...
San Francisco HHS workers blindsided as RFK Jr. slashes 10,000 jobs, admits 2 days later 'we'll make mistakes'
Following the layoffs, RFK Jr. said some workers may be reinstated because, as part of DOGE, "we'll make mistakes," ...
RFK Jr. to lay off more NIH employees amid HHS restructuring, officials say
The additional layoffs at the National Institutes of Health come less than a week after the initial wave of cuts in Secretary ...
HHS, EPA to study fluoride in drinking water as RFK Jr. says he’ll tell CDC to stop recommending it
The US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it is reconvening the Community Preventative Services Task ...
Former FDA vaccine chief on RFK Jr. and autism cause: Giving people false hope is ‘wrong’
Former Food and Drug Administration vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks weighed in on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s remarks about finding a cause of ...
RFK Jr. said HHS layoffs are needed as 'Americans are getting sicker.' Here's what the data shows.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said a restructure is needed at HHS due to Americans "getting sicker." But are they? Here's what the ...
RFK Jr. announces HHS will undertake ‘massive testing and research effort’ to find the cause of autism – by September
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a “massive testing and research effort” aimed at determining the cause of the “autism epidemic” by September, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...