Donald Trump’s transition team is quietly strategizing how to assuage the anti-abortion wing of the Republican Party amid concerns that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s past comments supporting abortion access could complicate his confirmation as the president-elect’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Sen. Ed Markey vowed to do everything in his power to stand in the way of the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy to lead the nation’s health care system. Markey, D-Mass., who is chair of the Senate Health,
RFK Jr. is controversial due to his vaccine skepticism, but nearly half of Americans backed him for HHS secretary.
Of the many, many Biden-era policies that the new Trump administration is expected to reverse, it appears that the pending
He says he wants to 'Make America Healthy Again,' but Donald Trump's pick to lead one of the nation's top public safety institutions has many health care experts worried
Twinkie maker JM Smucker is planning to monitor and assess any changes in food and nutrition regulations that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could implement as President-elect Donald Trump's potential top health agency head.
Rachel Maddow sums up the story of how RFK Jr. is seen as largely responsible for an explosion of measels cases on the island of Samoa after he spread anti-vaccination claims. Brian Deer, author of "The Doctor Who Fooled the World,
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a key figure in protests over California vaccine laws. He could set U.S. health policy in the Trump administration.
Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration as attorney general and was replaced by Pam Bondi, as Trump names RFK Jr., Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard and Kristi Noem to key posts.
As HHS secretary, Kennedy has the authority, working with the FDA commissioner, to reorganize the agency without congressional approval. He says he wants to fully eliminate “entire departments” at the FDA, listing as a top target the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, which he says can’t be trusted to do its job.