RFK Jr. seeks to tighten loophole allowing chemicals in U.S. food supply

The practice Kennedy is targeting, known as “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS), can occur when companies self-certify the safety of a food additive. Read More

What Is RFK Really Planning for Your Health, and Should Americans Be Worried?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s health policies are stirring debate—here’s what they mean for you and the future of healthcare. Read More

RFK Jr. spotlights vitamin to fight rapidly spreading measles — but experts say not so fast

In a recent op-ed, HHS secretary RFK Jr. shared his “deep concern” about the measles outbreak and its rapid escalation. Read More

‘Terrifying’: Public Health Experts React to Senate’s Confirmation of RFK Jr. to Lead HHS

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of America's most notorious vaccine skeptics, will run the country's leading health agency. Read More

The Health Official Who Just Might Stand Up to RFK Jr.

A longtime Johns Hopkins surgeon and best-selling author, he has advised the World Health Organization and been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. (Makary, whose confirmation hearings kicked ... Read More

After years of anti-vaccine advocacy, RFK Jr. said vaccines protect children. But experts say he must go further amid measles outbreak.

Kennedy, experts said, should have directly advocated for unvaccinated people to get the measles vaccine in a recent op-ed for Fox News. Read More

RFK Jr. is sworn in, but he'll face challenges trying to "Make America Healthy Again"

Kennedy Jr. was ... of Health, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Food and Drug Administration — but, despite his passion for changing the way Americans eat, he doesn't have ... Read More

ANALYSIS: RFK Jr.’s health revolution: reform or risk?

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. takes the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services, his policies on chronic disease, public health agencies and vaccines spark debate among Yale experts. Read More

Secrecy and Turmoil Dominate RFK Jr.’s First Weeks as Health Secretary

WASHINGTON—Soon after taking over as President Trump ’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. marked a small victory for his food agenda, congratulating burger chain Steak ’n Shake “for being the ... Read More

RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump's health secretary, over Democrats' loud objections

a physician and the chair of the Senate's health committee. Those promises included that he would not interfere with current vaccine policy ... that RFK Jr. won't use his new power to do exactly ... Read More

Inside RFK Jr.’s health department takeover

Kennedy Jr. arrived at the headquarters of the Health and Human ... MAHA evangelists and, most recently, GOP policy hands. Kennedy and his advisers struggled to hash out a firm agenda in the ... Read More