How Pediatricians Became Afraid to Stand up to RFK Jr.

Keenan: Is RFK Jr. 'bonkers' or is it time for a wearable?

"We're about to launch one of the biggest advertising campaigns in HHS history, to encourage people to use wearables. It's a way that they can take control of their own health." With those words, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. gave a boost to wearable fitness devices comparable to what his boss did when he parked a Tesla on the White House lawn. Both may live to regret these decisions.

Vaccine panel turning misinformation into policy

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's dismantling of Americans' trust in — and ultimately, access to — vaccines isn't happening with one sweeping policy that grabs the public's attention. It's unfolding quickly and quietly, in bland conference rooms…

Kennedy cancels meeting of key preventive health panel | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, abruptly canceled a meeting this week of a federal task force that helps determine which preventive health measures must be covered fully by insurance companies, raising concerns about the future of the nonpartisan panel.

RFK Jr. may be about to demolish preventive health panel, health groups fear

Health and medical groups around the country are bracing for another grievous blow to America's infrastructure of evidence-based health, this time targeting preventive medicine. Earlier this week, health secretary and ardent anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly canceled a meeting of the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a scientifically independent panel of up to 16 volunteer experts that issues rigorous, evi…

RFK Jr. cancels preventive care panel meeting, prompting backlash over preventive care oversight

The abrupt postponement of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force meeting fuels fears of political interference and upheaval in evidence-based medical guidance.

RFK Jr. cancels key US health panel meeting without warning, raising concerns

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceled a meeting of government health panel that helps guide what preventive care is covered by insurance, alarming doctors and other health officials.