For the majority of his career, RFK Jr. has defended abortion on demand during all nine months of pregnancy, supports overturning the Dobbs decision and has called for legislat

CNN's Abby Phillip pointed to "another person who tried to raise concerns" about food served to American children.

Gov. Jared Polis took to social platform X on Thursday to express his excitement that President-elect Donald Trump had tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

President-elect Trump is expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as secretary of health and human services, multiple outlets reported Thursday and Axios confirmed. Why it matters: Trump's pick would put one of the nation's foremost vaccine skeptics in charge of America's health care agencies.

Although Trump signaled in the runup to the election that he planned to let the vaccine skeptic “go wild” on health, food and medicine, Kennedy’s official selection for the nation’s top health post sent shockwaves through the public health world,

Trump’s appointments would be dark comedy were it not a calculated effort to turn the United States into an autocracy—to place loyalty to a single individual above that shown to the Constitution.

Following the decision by the president-elect, many medical professionals were left aghast that a man who has previously been accused of amplifying conspiracy theories—most notably about the COVID vaccine—could potentially be in charge of the health of 350 million Americans from January if he is confirmed by the Senate.

Drug manufacturers saw their stock prices fall on Friday after vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was announced as Trump's pick for HHS.

Jimmy Kimmel reacted to Donald Trump nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a prominent vaccine skeptic — as secretary of health and human services during his “Jimmy Kimmel Live” monologue on Thursday night, saying the decision is “heavy on the F.” “Who better to be in charge of health and humans than a guy whose …

Donald Trump's pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is a fan of raw milk, despite the FDA saying it can cause illness.

The head of the largest organisation of public health professionals in the US says it will "absolutely oppose" RFK Jr's nomination as the next US health secretary.