During testimony before a House committee on Wednesday, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told lawmakers that the public should not rely on him to dispense health advice.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came under fire on Wednesday from lawmakers who said he has made false statements over vaccine testing and safety since taking the nation's top health job. Kennedy made his first appearance in Congress since his confirmation as Health and Human Services Secretary in February,

Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson joins bipartisan lawmakers in questioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over HHS staffing cuts, vaccine policy, and dental care changes.

The plans amount to an extraordinary flex of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s power as health secretary to make decisions ordinarily left to career scientists at the Food and Drug Administration.

The Republican physician said he extracted commitments that Kennedy wouldn't sow distrust in vaccines before voting to confirm him.

Kennedy appeared at a House appropriations hearing Wednesday to defend the White House’s requested budget for his agency and before the Senate’s health committee.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a major warning about a popular baked beans brand. Vietti Food Group of Nashville, TN, is recalling "4,515 cases of its Yellowstone Brown Sugar Molasses Baked Beans (15 oz.) due to the presence of undeclared soy. Individuals with an allergy or ...

The vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella contains "a lot of aborted fetus debris," as U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. asserted on April 30, 2025.