As health secretary, Kennedy will oversee $1.7 trillion in spending on vaccines, food safety, and health insurance programs.

Update: Robert F. Kennedy was confirmed as the Secretary of HHS on Thursday, Feb. 13. Read more here. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy Jr., an ardent vaccine critic who would have been Weldon’s boss as health secretary. Perhaps Weldon’s biggest problem ...

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After voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, Senator Bill Cassidy, a doctor and Republican of Louisiana ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's former opponent in the 2024 election, was officially sworn in as Secretary of ...

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental attorney and noted anti-vaccine advocate, ...

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By Sheryl Gay Stolberg The vote capped a remarkable rise for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed by a Republican Senate in a chamber where his father and uncles once served as Democrats.