The recent Senate confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented a striking scene that would confuse a time ...

The issue isn’t only his troubling views but whether a complex federal agency can function effectively under his leadership.

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Alexandra Sifferlin, a health and science editor for Times Opinion, hosted an online conversation on Wednesday with the ...

The takeaways after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions from senators during his confirmation hearings to potentially lead ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, vigorously defended his views on vaccines, and a key senator still has clear doubts.

In one of the most tense exchanges in a heated confirmation hearing, Senator Angela Alsobrooks called out past comments RFK Jr. made suggesting a different vaccine schedule for Black people.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wasn’t antivaccine as senators pressed on his past remarks, in the first of two days of ...

In hearings Wednesday and Thursday, senators questioned President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over his fitness to be the country's top health ...

Kennedy Jr. earned more than $2.4 million as a consultant referring cases to the law firm Wisner Baum, government records show. Wisner Baum is suing Merck & Co. over allegations that the ...

Democrats focused on Kennedy's anti-vaccine advocacy. Republicans probed the former Democratic leader on his abortion and ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pressed RFK Jr. to commit to not collecting money from suits against drug and vaccine makers while he's HHS secretary — or for four years afterward ...