Kennedy Jr. is reportedly no longer serving as Chairman or Chief Legal Counsel for Children's Health Defense. It's his nonprofit that launched lawsuits against the federal government over vaccines, including the authorization of the COVID-19 shot for children.
Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, blame Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for contributing to a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa in 2019.
Members of two Senate committees will have a lot of ground to cover at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing to be Health and Human Services secretary (which has yet to be scheduled ). They should devote most of their time probing how his long history of anti-vaccine advocacy will impact infectious disease control.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s views on vaccines and abortion rights are raising alarms across the political spectrum, as he's one of the more controversial picks for the president-elect's Cabinet.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reported income from a pension with his former employer, the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Here's when and where Robert F. Kennedy will get his first hearing as President Trump's nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services.
Just outside New York City’s Central Park Zoo, not far from where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once stealthily deposited a dead bear cub, stands a bronze statue to another animal: Balto, the husky that, 100 years ago this month, played a leading role in a daring and perilous rescue that captured the world’s attention.
Pressure is mounting on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as critics squeeze senators from both sides of the aisle to oppose President Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top health official. Kennedy’s
COURTESY CSPAN U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz speaks on the Senate floor today to oppose the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become the next U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. COURTESY CSPAN U.
It's the clearest view yet of RFK Jr.'s investments and potential conflicts of interest as he works to become HHS secretary.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is distancing himself from his anti-vaccine work as he seeks to become the leader of the nation’s top health agency under President Donald Trump, according to government ethics documents released on Wednesday.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to be health secretary, would have oversight power over the vaccine’s maker, Merck, if confirmed.