RFK Jr.'s confirmation comes after months of controversy and debate, largely focused on his past comments casting doubt on the safety of vaccines.

RFK Jr. has gained a following for his questioning of vaccines. He has vowed to take on the food and drug industries and focus on chronic health conditions.

Kennedy managed to allay the concerns of several key GOP senators over his anti-vaccine activism. Mitch McConnell was the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as President Donald Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 ...

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The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary in President Donald Trump's cabinet. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 52-48 nearly ...

His nomination will now advance to a full Senate vote. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to head the US Department of Health and Human Services, was endorsed by the Senate ...

WASHINGTON − For Robert ... F. Kennedy Jr., it was divine intervention. With his confirmation by the Senate on Thursday to helm the Department of Health and Human Services, Kennedy, one of Presi ...

The US Senate on Thursday voted to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, clearing the way for one of President Donald Trump’s more ...

By The Associated Press Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as President Donald Trump‘s health secretary after a close Senate vote, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1 ...