Mitch McConnell had polio as a child. It could cloud RFK Jr.’s nomination.
The Republican senator’s childhood bout with the disease has informed his ardent support for vaccines amid increasing ...
‘Performing for an Audience of One’: Three Opinion Writers on Kennedy’s Confirmation Hearing
Alexandra Sifferlin, a health and science editor for Times Opinion, hosted an online conversation on Wednesday with the ...
RFK Jr. Backs Vaccines and Trump’s Agenda in Senate Testimony
Kennedy vowed to fight chronic disease and called abortion a tragedy.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate confirmation hearing and the rise of anti-science quackery
Backed by dozens of ultra-right anti-vaccine zealots in the audience, Kennedy engaged in over three hours of lies, ...
RFK Jr. Backs AIDS Efforts After Previously Raising Questions About Science
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he supports Pepfar, the program that supplies antiviral AIDS treatments to Africa, after Sen. John ...
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RFK Jr. Voices Support for PEPFAR Amid Trump Foreign Aid Funding Freeze
After several days of worry that the global AIDS program might come to abrupt end, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a ...
Caroline Kennedy’s Video Exposes the Fight Over a Fading Family Legacy
Caroline Kennedy stepped out of the shadows and onto social media to assail her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on the eve of ...
Kennedy Repeats False and Misleading Claims in Confirmation Hearing
In his first Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...
Fact checking RFK Jr.’s claims that resurfaced during his Senate confirmation hearing
Kennedy faced intense questioning from senators on his views regarding vaccines, abortion, conspiracy theories, and among ...
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RFK Jr. Faces Scrutiny from Democrats on Vaccines and Medicare, Medicaid
At today's confirmation hearing, Democratic senators were skeptical of the HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s ...
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Confirmation process for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of health and human services
President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced author, lawyer, and 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee for secretary of health and human services on November 14, 2024. This ...
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The Madness of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Like Trump, Kennedy for years has wielded a firehose of falsehoods across multiple fronts and has engaged in assorted ...