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FDA and RFK Jr. aim to remove fluoride supplements used to protect kids’ teeth

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

Previous scientific reviews have not shown any serious health risks with the fluoride-containing products.

WATCH: RFK Jr and health officials move to phase out artificial dyes from food supply

By JoNel Aleccia, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

The move would trigger an overhaul of scores of products on U.S. grocery store shelves. The plan was announced Tuesday afternoon by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary.

WATCH: RFK Jr. holds news briefing for CDC findings on the increase of autism prevalence

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

Kennedy described autism as a “preventable disease,” although researchers and scientists have identified genetic factors are associated with it. Autism is not considered a disease, but a complex disorder that impacts the brain.

Trump officials want to ban junk food from SNAP but past efforts show it’s not easy

By JoNel Aleccia, Associated Press

A push to ban sugary drinks, candy and more from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may soon get a boost from new Trump Administration officials.

WATCH: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sworn in as Trump’s secretary of health and human services

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as President Donald Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the…

WATCH: Vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump’s health chief after close Senate vote

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

That vote Thursday puts the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country.

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

By Amanda Seitz, Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Kennedy critics have concerns about the work he's done to sow doubts around vaccine safety and his potential to profit off lawsuits over drugmakers.

WATCH: ‘Frankly, you frighten people,’ Sen. Whitehouse tells RFK Jr. in confirmation hearing

By Erica R. Hendry

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

WATCH: RFK Jr. says AI nurse that diagnoses ‘as good as any doctor’ can help provide care to rural America

By Molly Finnegan

"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.

WATCH: ‘Every abortion is a tragedy,’ RFK Jr. says

By Molly Finnegan

"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.