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RFK Jr., the Health Secretary, Says Not to Take Medical Advice From Him
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has often used his influential position to weigh in on public health issues, but during a congressional ...
US health chief Kennedy defends mass firings, measles response to lawmakers
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended billions of dollars in cuts and thousands of firings at his department, ...
‘We made a couple of mistakes’: RFK Jr. faces bipartisan scrutiny in first Senate hearing as health secretary
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled in hearings on Capitol Hill by lawmakers anxious for answers about cuts ...
US Health Secretary Kennedy Says He Would Work With Democrats to Lower Drug Prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday at a Senate Committee on Health, ...
Kennedy, Defending Downsizing, Clashes With Democrats in Tense Hearings
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifying before Congress for the first time as health secretary, also said he did not think ...
Lawmakers press Kennedy on mass cuts, canceled medical research
Lawmakers repeatedly pressed US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy on canceled medical research and mass ...
Kennedy defends budget request but is silent on big HHS changes
Lawmakers seek answers to questions about sweeping cuts to federal public health infrastructure but Kennedy stays mum.
Lawmakers question Kennedy on staffing cuts, funding freezes and policy changes at health department
Republicans and Democrats alike are questioning the deep staffing cuts, research funding freezes and drastic policy changes U ...
‘It would be comical if it wasn’t the nation’s health on the line’: Symone Sanders on RFK Jr.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making Republicans anxious after telling lawmakers in a House hearing that he doesn ...
NIH, FDA to Focus on Processed Foods, US Health Secretary Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday that the "central focus" of the National ...
Kennedy assures Congress funding for Head Start will not be cut
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has told Congress the Trump administration would not cut funding ...
Kennedy escalates war on health in congressional testimony
At the hearing, Kennedy doubled down on nearly every major anti-scientific position he has taken, while attempting to falsely ...