Now that he has been confirmed as secretary of health and human services, Kennedy must recognize his performance is a matter of life-and-death on a population scale.

The Trump administration had directed health agencies to place a notice condemning “gender ideology” on health webpages that ...

The Make America Healthy Again Commission is supposed to promote health coverage options that support helpful lifestyle ...

Many experts fear Kennedy will appoint vaccine skeptics to key roles in federal agencies and hinder infectious disease research.

Kennedy managed to allay the concerns of several key GOP senators over his anti-vaccine activism. Mitch McConnell was the ...

Health scientists and drug industry executives around the world are on alert after the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who spreads antivaccine misinformation and has often derided the ...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has expressed support for some fields of science but has also declared he’d like a “break” in ...

Vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now has authority over a sweeping health agency that includes the CDC, FDA, NIH and CMS.

HHS did not respond to a request for comment. An FDA spokesperson declined to comment and referred questions to HHS. A CDC spokesperson referred questions to HHS. Several health officials said ...