RFK Jr. Says He Won’t Keep Financial Stake in HPV Vaccine Lawsuits

During intense questioning Thursday by members of the Senate health committee about his plan to keep a financial stake in major vaccine litigation, Robert F. Kennedy said that he would…

Fact-Checking Health Claims in RFK Jr.’s 2nd Day of Confirmation Hearings

Day 2 of confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become the country’s next health secretary kicked off with heated discussions about the safety of vaccinations, chronic illnesses and…

The $8 Billion Children’s Vaccine Fund Kennedy Would Oversee

When President Bill Clinton worked with a bipartisan Congress to enact a federal program to guarantee vaccines for poor children, they agreed that the authority over buying shots from drug…

R.F.K. Jr.’s Excited Fan Club: Conservative Christian Moms

Anna Gleaton and her husband operate a small homestead on 60 acres outside Gainesville, Texas, a rural town just south of the Oklahoma state line. Their farm, which operates on…

Trump Reinstates Longstanding Republican Anti-Abortion Policy

President Trump on Friday reinstated a longstanding Republican anti-abortion policy known as the “Mexico City Rule,” which bars federal funding from going to any overseas nongovernmental organization that performs or…

Pence Wages Lonely Crusade Against Kennedy as Abortion Opponents Avoid Fight

Former Vice President Mike Pence, a longtime leader of the anti-abortion movement, has taken up a lonely crusade to defeat the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary.…

Yes, Some Vaccines Contain Aluminum. That’s a Good Thing.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has often trained his criticisms of vaccines on a common ingredient: aluminum, which he has suggested is responsible for a litany of childhood ailments, including food…

Kennedy Would Keep Stake in H.P.V. Vaccine Suit if Confirmed

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to be health secretary, is keeping his financial stake in major litigation against Merck over a widely used vaccine given to young people,…

Health Secretary Defends Biden’s Covid Vaccine Mandates and Social Media Efforts

Xavier Becerra, the man President Biden chose to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, does not want to talk about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the man President-elect Donald…

As Polio Survivors Watch Kennedy Confirmation, All Eyes Are on McConnell

Their numbers are dwindling now, the faded yellow newspaper clippings reporting their childhood trips to the hospital tucked away in family scrapbooks. Iron lungs, the coffin-like cabinet respirators that kept…