RFK Jr. Touts Food as Medicine. He Often Overstates the Science, Experts Say.

In the Trump administration’s campaign to promote healthy eating, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has not stopped at his slogan urging people to “eat real food” to prevent disease. In recent speeches and podcast appearances, Kennedy also has claimed that diet can “cure” schizophrenia and diabetes and allow people to rid themselves of bipolar […]

Judge’s ruling halts momentum of RFK Jr.’s vaccine agenda

After Kennedy dropped his own independent presidential bid and threw his support behind Trump two years ago, Trump vowed to reward Kennedy by letting him “go wild” on health, food and medicine. The health secretary moved at a blistering pace last year to overhaul public health guidance and revamp long-held precedents in vaccine policymaking. Murphy […]

Judge’s ruling halts momentum of RFK Jr.’s vaccine agenda | National Politics

NEW YORK — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first year in the Trump administration racked up win after win for the longtime anti-vaccine crusader’s allies. Activists in the “medical freedom” movement were thrilled to see Kennedy fire all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, hire vaccine critics among the replacements and […]

Federal judge temporarily blocks RFK Jr.’s vaccine agenda – an epidemiologist answers questions parents may have | AP News

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Autism Panel Targets RFK Jr.’s Agenda

The Independent Autism Coordinating Committee (ACC) — a group formed in response to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent overhaul of the federal Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) — met for the first time Thursday to discuss a national agenda for autism research. At its inaugural meeting, the Independent ACC identified several research priorities […]

Federal Judge Rules RFK Jr. Went Too Far With Declaration On Gender-Affirming Care

Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. Support HuffPost. A federal judge in Oregon ruled on Thursday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overstepped his authority when he declared that gender-affirming care for minors was neither “safe nor effective” and did not meet “professional recognized standards of health care.” U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa […]

Federal Court Rules RFK Jr Overstepped On Gender-Affirming Care

A federal judge in Oregon ruled on Thursday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overstepped his authority when he declared that gender-affirming care for minors was neither “safe nor effective” and did not meet “professional recognized standards of health care.” U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa Kasubhai ruled in favor of 21 Democrat-led states who […]

RFK Jr. overstepped legal authority on transgender care for minors, judge rules

WASHINGTON – A federal judge in Oregon ruled on Thursday that U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had overstepped his legal authority when he declared last December that providers of gender-transition medical treatments for minors fail to meet “professionally recognized standards of health care.” Judge Mustafa Kasubhai ruled that RFK Jr. didn’t go through […]