Kennedy repeatedly refused to acknowledge scientific consensus that childhood vaccines don’t cause autism and that COVID-19 vaccines saved millions of lives

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made conservatives uncomfortable. And farmers across the Midwest are nervous over his talk of banning corn syrup and pesticides from America’s food supply.

RFK Jr., Trump’s nominee for health secretary, repeatedly confused Medicare and Medicaid, and tried to convince senators he was not against vaccines.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump’s nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

The Southern Poverty Law Center is deeply concerned about the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As the Senate Committee on Finance continues the confirmation hearing for this nominee to lead the U.S.

If approved, Kennedy will control a $1.7 trillion agency that oversees food and hospital inspections, hundreds of health clinics, vaccine recommendations and health insurance for roughly half the country.

If he is confirmed as health and human services secretary, Kennedy would oversee the implementation of Medicaid, in addition to Medicare and the Affordable Care Act.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr ... last month that Kennedy’s agriculture ideas are a promising part of a bigger goal: “to Make America Healthy Again.” Florida’s lieutenant ...

The onslaught of claims, promises and testy exchanges did not occur in a political vacuum. The whirlwind day — Day 10 of the new White House — all unfolded as Trump himself was ranting about how diversity hiring caused the tragic airplane-and-helicopter crash outside Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, faces scrutiny for fees he may earn from lawsuits against Merck.

During the first round of his Senate confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, appeared to be at odds with his past self.

What experts on John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr and Bobby Kennedy assassinations hope to learn from files expected to be declassified