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Public health experts emphasize the importance of clear and consistent messaging. They may not get that with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as federal health secretary.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is officially secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, but his promise to "Make America Healthy Again " may prove challenging. Here's why.
Many of us in the medical field were taken aback when President-elect Donald Trump announced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. For years, RFK ...
Americans are getting heavier, and so is the task that awaits Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who, if confirmed by Congress as President-elect Donald Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary, will be ...
The health secretary’s approach to the condition gives the impression that two decades of research simply never happened.
Following the Thursday confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of Health and Human Services, doctors weigh in on the new secretary’s plans to make America healthy again.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrived at the headquarters of the Health and Human Services Department earlier this week with a request for his new employees: Drop your preconceived notions of what I’m ...
Robert F. Kennedy JR, now the Secretary of Health and Human Services, is seen in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington DC, as he meets with Senators on Tuesday, Dec/ 17, 2024.
The MAHA era has begun. But to execute his promises on health, RFK Jr. faces tough challenges on vaccines, chronic disease, and big business.
RFK Jr. is gutting minority health offices across HHS that are key to reducing health disparities The cuts come as health disparities remain a major challenge in the U.S.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers remarks during a Cabinet meeting held by President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 26, 2025 in Washington, DC.