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Senate committees schedule hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as HHS Secretary, facing scrutiny over vaccine and abortion views.

The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, plays a significant role in every American’s access to health care and in the nation’s overall well-being.

Critics fear move could stymie flow of health information, though others say it is normal part of transition process.

The idea that autism is caused by vaccines has recently been revived by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the presumptive nominee for US Secretary of Health and Human Services, as well as by president-elect Donald Trump. When asked about vaccines at a recent press conference, Trump reportedly said there was “something…

Does Kennedy also plan to ‘thumb has nose at the law’ as Trump’s secretary of Health and Human Services? asked the head of the organization

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. meets with Sen. Cassidy for Health and Human Services Secretary confirmation process.

The world’s richest man has clashed with incoming Health and Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the role weight-loss medications should play in making Americans healthier and thinner.

Vaccinations provide significant protection for the public against infectious diseases and substantially reduce health care costs. Therefore, it is noteworthy that President-elect Donald Trump wants Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leading critic of childhood vaccination, to be secretary of Health and Human Services.

Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has sought to distance himself from his lawyer’s polio vaccine petition.

The would-be Health and Human Services boss silently showered behind actress Cheryl Hines in an ad for her company

Trump administration pick for Health and Human Services department could cause rise in preventable disease, health expert says