Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who worked to preserve Long Island Sound, has been tapped to lead the Health and Human Services Department by Donald Trump.

Kennedy, who remains close with Trump, is still expected to bring in a handful of his longtime allies. Stefanie Spear, who was press secretary on his 2024 campaign, is slated to be Kennedy’s deputy chief of staff at HHS, two of the Republicans said.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been outspoken about changes he would like to see in the agriculture industry, from fewer chemicals to removing seed oils.

Anytime an incoming president makes cabinet nominations, those nominees become the subject of intense vetting, which is currently what’s happening to Kennedy. While there has been a shocking lack of animal-related scandals so far, journalists have discovered a number of financial irregularities that seem worth delving into.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the F.D.A. to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in high demand and considered life-saving.

Before the hepatitis A vaccine, Alaska had large infectious hepatitis epidemics every 7-10 years affecting thousands of Alaskans. Since Alaska started routine Hepatitis A vaccination for Alaska children, we have had no outbreaks, and the only hepatitis A cases are brought into the state by travelers.

A coalition opposing the nominee for health secretary includes faculty members from leading U.S. academic institutions, including public health schools at Yale and Harvard.

Thousands of physicians are mobilizing, hoping to derail Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation. The question is whether Republican senators will care.

A USA TODAY review of almost 100 of the administration's top hires shows nearly half of states could have a representative in the second Trump term.

Trump told TIME in April he would close the White House's pandemic preparedness office. It's losing most of its staff during the transition, according to Biden officials.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to report making hundreds of thousands of dollars off his anti-vaccine nonprofit, which he claimed he never took a cent from, The Daily Beast reported Wednesday.