The new US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to halt its publicity campaign encouraging uptake of this year’s seasonal flu vaccine ...

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Infectious disease specialist Dr. Bogoch on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointment as health secretary and how it may influence ...

Under executive orders, the public health agency was banned from communicating from WHO as the US started its withdrawal from ...

The new Health and Human Services secretary is facing one of his first public health crises. Will he blow up the typical ...

Overview: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kennedy, who faced criticism for his ...

Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, coupled with his elevation of RFK Jr., has no doubt hurt the ...

The firebrand Republican claimed four years ago that 'vaccine schedules' should be tailored to different races because black ...

Mr. Kennedy made his name in the anti-vaccine movement by contending that there was a link between thimerosal, a preservative ...

In Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first interview as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, he made multiple ...

The HHS secretary targets members of a CDC committee that plays a key role in vaccine approvals.

Under Kennedy’s leadership, the CDC pulled the plug on its “Wild to Mild initiative” —  which was aimed at ...