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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing, in Washington

Politics Feb 04

WATCH: Senate committee votes to advance nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary

By Amanda Seitz, Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Politics Jan 29

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing, in Washington
WATCH: ‘Frankly, you frighten people,’ Sen. Whitehouse tells RFK Jr. in confirmation hearing

Whitehouse asked Kennedy to make "indisputably clear that you support mandatory vaccinations against diseases where that will keep people safe."…

By Erica R. Hendry

Politics Jan 29

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing, in Washington
WATCH: RFK Jr. says AI nurse that diagnoses ‘as good as any doctor’ can help provide care to rural America

"President Trump is determined to end the hemorrhaging of rural hospitals, and he's asked me to do that through the use of AI, through telemedicine," Kennedy said.

By Molly Finnegan

Politics Jan 29

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing, in Washington
WATCH: ‘Every abortion is a tragedy,’ RFK Jr. says

"I agree with President Trump that every abortion is a tragedy. I agree with him we cannot be a moral nation if we have 1.2 million abortions a year," Kennedy said.

By Molly Finnegan

Politics Jan 28

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at a hearing examining the Missouri v. Biden case
WATCH: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at confirmation hearing for HHS secretary

Kennedy's hearing Wednesday to be the nation's top health official quickly devolved into an argument over the questions he's raised for years about vaccine safety.

Jan 28

Caroline Kennedy calls cousin RFK Jr. a ‘predator’ in warning letter to senators

By Amanda Seitz, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

She described her cousin's basement, garage and dorm as being an epicenter for drug use, where he would also put baby chickens and mice in blenders to feed to his hawks.

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Jan 23

What does the health and human services secretary do?

By Angela Mattie, The Conversation

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.

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Mar 11

WATCH: Democrats push forward with Biden’s health secretary pick

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The Senate voted on Thursday to advance President Joe Biden’s nominee for health secretary as Democrats muscled past Republican opposition using a new procedure put in place to avoid gridlock in the evenly divided Senate.

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Feb 08

HHS pick Tom Price made ‘brazen’ stock trades while his committee was under scrutiny

By Marisa Taylor and Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News

Health and Human Services secretary nominee Tom Price showed little restraint in his personal stock trading during the three years that federal investigators were bearing down on a key House committee.

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Dec 03

Investments by Trump’s HHS pick raise questions over conflict of interest

By Sheila Kaplan, STAT

Trump's nominee to be secretary of health and human services, Rep. Tom Price, could have conflicts of his own.

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