Under the leadership of secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services has cut billions of dollars needed to modernize state programs for childhood immunization.
The nationβs health secretary addressed agency employees, asking them to shed any corporate influence. But he did not address the mass layoffs that have gutted oversight of tobacco and vapes, food safety and drug reviews.
The nationβs health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists consider that target date unrealistic.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his pledge to discover the reason for the increasing rates of autism during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.
The health secretary seemed stoic β maybe nervous, even β at the start of his first major trip. But on a hike with Navajo Nation leaders, he was finally in his element.
Mother-to-child H.I.V. transmission takes an enormous toll in low-income countries. The Trump administration has laid off the officials who worked to solve the problem.
Two significant programs that invested in research on diabetes, dementia, obesity and kidney disease have ended since the start of the Trump administration.
The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
Under the leadership of secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services has cut billions of dollars needed to modernize state programs for childhood immunization.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also disclosed that he had reached at least one settlement agreement with a company or individual that has accused him of βmisconduct or inappropriate behavior.β
Robert F. Kennedy, President Trumpβs nominee for health secretary, vigorously defended his views on vaccines, and a key senator still has clear doubts.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, made disputed claims before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, three of President Trumpβs high-profile picks, on Thursday will make their cases for confirmation.
In a scathing letter to lawmakers weighing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.βs nomination for health secretary, Ms. Kennedy called her cousin unfit for the job and a βpredatorβ who led family members to addiction.
Mr. Kennedy appears to have most Republicans behind him as he seeks the job of health secretary, though he couldnβt escape his past stances on vaccines and abortion.
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