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RFK Jr., intent to focus on chronic disease, continues to be dogged by impacts of HHS cuts
Far as he was from Washington, D.C., as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hiked to the top of a ...
Former FDA vaccine chief on RFK Jr. and autism cause: Giving people false hope is ‘wrong’
Former Food and Drug Administration vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks weighed in on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s remarks about finding a cause of ...
Microplastics and MAHA: How RFK Jr. can regulate plastics pollution from within HHS
One of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first campaign promises during his failed presidential bid was to curb plastic pollution, ...
RFK Jr. to lay off more NIH employees amid HHS restructuring, officials say
The additional layoffs at the National Institutes of Health come less than a week after the initial wave of cuts in Secretary ...
RFK Jr. is wrecking public health — but we can (and will) survive this
Those days are behind us — or so some of us thought. For anyone paying the slightest attention, it’s clear our global society ...
'How is it possible that you have this job?': RFK Jr.'s incompetence becomes too glaring to overlook
From his cluelessness about critical cuts made to his agency, to his celebration of dangerous quackery, Robert. F. Kennedy Jr ...
San Francisco HHS workers blindsided as RFK Jr. slashes 10,000 jobs, admits 2 days later 'we'll make mistakes'
Following the layoffs, RFK Jr. said some workers may be reinstated because, as part of DOGE, "we'll make mistakes," ...
HHS, EPA to study fluoride in drinking water as RFK Jr. says he’ll tell CDC to stop recommending it
The US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it is reconvening the Community Preventative Services Task ...
RFK Jr. pushes fluoride policy review, cites autism concerns
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told President Trump that new research linking fluoride exposure to lower IQ in children ...