What’s happening with COVID vaccines now? A quick explainer

March 21, 2026Updated March 22, 2026, 11:19 a.m. ET It’s an anniversary no one wants to celebrate, but an anniversary nonetheless. Thursday, March 19, marked six years since the first COVID-19 lockdown was implemented in the United States. And while it is undeniable that the impact of the global pandemic is still felt worldwide, one […]

The father figures who influenced RFK Jr.’s controversial views

In 2013, a year after the suicide of his second wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, The Post’s Isabel Vincent was given extraordinary access to three of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s secret journals. Since then she has pored over more than 1,200 pages of the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ deepest thoughts. In this adapted excerpt […]

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 […]