Robert F. Kennedy Jr. insisted Wednesday that—despite his own reservations with the items—he will not seek to ban or limit American’s access to things like McDonald’s or Diet Coke if he becomes health secretary.

Robert F. Kennedy’s first confirmation hearing Wednesday to become secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services was quickly interrupted by protesters over the Trump nominee’s vaccine positions. During his opening remarks, Kennedy said under oath that he is “not anti-vaccine”—but people standing in the back of the room weren’t convinced.

For the first time in modern American history, a skeptic of medical research could be responsible for safeguarding public health.

Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) began the attacks on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his opening remarks, saying confirming him would endanger children’s lives. “Before the finance committee this morning is whether Robert F.

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The many controversial people appointed to the Trump administration, from Elon Musk to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have at least one thing in common: They dislike and distrust experts. While anti-intellectualism and populism are nothing new in American life,

Like Trump, Kennedy for years has wielded a firehose of falsehoods across multiple fronts and has engaged in assorted misconduct and odd behavior, so much so that the individual lies and misdeeds zip by and blur into a mess that becomes tough for the media to thoroughly depict and hard for the public to absorb.

We know the kind of damage that will be done and the lives that will be lost if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is put in charge of our health care system because we've seen it in action. Kennedy has a well-documented history of opposing life-saving vaccines, and he has pledged to stop funding research for treatments and cures for deadly diseases.

Mr. Kennedy, the scion of a Democratic dynasty and a prominent vaccine skeptic, faces questions from lawmakers as he seeks a job with vast authority over the lives of Americans.

Robert F. Kennedy’s famous name, populist stances and loyal following have earned him President Donald Trump’s support, but will that get him the votes he needs from the Republican-controlled Senate to become the nation’s top health official?

Advocates worry that as HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could undermine years of work to unlink autism and vaccines and divert precious research dollars to a discredited theory.

In a scathing letter Tuesday, Caroline Kennedy warned senators about her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him a "predator."