The Latest Breaking News from Robert F. Kennedy Jr

RFK Jr shredded for telling anti-vaxxers he is investigating ‘chemtrails’

Health secretary’s announcement met with storm of ridicule and derision: ‘What about Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, the Easter Bunny, and the Abominable Snowman?’

The Independent UK · Sep 18

"South Park" saw our food fights coming

For decades, the show has skewered the systems that turn eating into bureaucracy, branding and culture war

Salon · Sep 18

First Thing: Witnesses recount Israeli ‘double-tap’ strike that killed child and medic in Gaza

When Mohammad Abdul Zinati, 15, rushed to help a man wounded in a bomb attack, he had no time to react before he too was hit. Plus, meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18

With US measles deaths on the rise, local officials are stepping in where RFK Jr won’t

As the country’s top public health official spends his time in office undermining science, doctors and advocates mount an urgent campaign for childhood vaccines

The Guardian - US · Sep 17

Kennedy Set to Keynote Children's Health Defense Conference Thursday, Returning to the Anti-Vaccine Group He Once Led

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will keynote a Children's Health Defense conference Thursday. What his return to the group means as measles cases rise.

Medical Daily · Sep 17

Kennedy's Deputy Pick Chris Klomp Faces Senate Health Panel as Democrats Aim to Test His Vaccine Views

Chris Klomp, the nominee for deputy HHS secretary, faces the Senate Health Committee after a Finance hearing. What Democrats want to ask and why it matters.

Medical Daily · Sep 16

Republican senator blames Trump administration policies for measles deaths in Pennsylvania

Health committee chair Bill Cassidy said fatal outbreak of disease is a ‘terrible legacy’ for Trump administration

The Guardian - US · Sep 16

Surgeon general nominee won’t renounce RFK Jr. vaccine decisions

Surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier, seeking to be confirmed as the nation’s top health educator and spokesperson, on Wednesday declined to fully distance herself from the Trump administration’s changes to the childhood vaccine schedule when pressed by a prominent Republican. During a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee,…

Roll Call · Sep 16

Republican senator grills Trump’s surgeon general nominee over childhood vaccine stance

Broad scientific consensus has established no connection exists between childhood vaccines and autism, though the Trump administration has repeatedly sought to re-examine the topic

The Independent UK · Sep 16

Judge Pauses Pediatricians' Lawsuit Over Kennedy's Vaccine Changes as Families Await October 6 Appeals Court Argument

A federal judge paused the AAP vaccine lawsuit ahead of an Oct. 6 appeals argument. What the March order still blocks and what families can do now.

Medical Daily · Sep 15