More than 2,000 demonstrators gathered on the National Mall on Saturday for a rally organized by the advocacy group Stand Up for Science, criticizing policies of the administration of Donald Trump and calling for the removal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The event in […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will “definitely” run for president in 2028, according to his cousin Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of late president John F. Kennedy. Schlossberg, who is currently running for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York’s 12th Congressional District, made the confident declaration in a Saturday interview with the New York Post, calling […]
New York Congressional candidate Jack Schlossberg believes that his cousin, United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will run for president in 2028. Speaking with the New York Post earlier this week, Schlossberg directly said, “He’s going to run.” As of publication, Kennedy Jr. has not formally announced any type […]
O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her story debunking a bogus theory about transgender kids was nominated for a 2024 GLAAD Media Award. You can reach Rose on Signal at rosebroderick.11. A […]
BOSTON — If she were U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, Gov. Maura Healey said she would be focusing on measles, and not “taking on” Dunkin’ and sugary drinks. On Wednesday, Healey posted a photo on X of a Dunkin’ cup with the phrase “COME AND TAKE IT” underneath. The post linked to a Boston […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is “definitely” running for president in 2028, according to his estranged cousin, Jack Schlossberg. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) will emerge as a leading candidate in the race, building on his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) campaign, Schlossberg told The Post this week during campaign stops in his […]
As an environmental lawyer, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. crusaded against an herbicide ingredient known as glyphosate, winning a landmark case against chemical giant Monsanto by arguing its Roundup weedkiller contributed to his client’s cancer. Kennedy Jr. Now, as the nation’s top health official, he fell in line with President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at […]
On March 5, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Education convened leaders from 53 of the nation’s top medical schools today to announce commitments to require meaningful nutrition training for future doctors beginning in the next academic year. The medical schools, representing 31 states, will provide […]
Is it too much to ask that — just for one week — Trump health secretary RFK Jr. stop eroding our public health safeguards? This was not that week. Here’s the CliffsNotes: 5 months after the measles outbreak in South Carolina began – now exceeding 1,000 cases mostly among the unvaccinated — RFK Jr.’s CDC […]
Kennedy’s criticism on the coffee chain’s comes months after his department unveiled a new U.S. dietary guideline, focusing on more protein and less sugar in meals. WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy responded to criticism over his recent comments about drinks sold at Dunkin’ and Starbucks. During a rally in Austin on […]
