As HHS secretary, RFK Jr. has limited power to regulate how microplastics enter the food supply. He can also boost research funding on their health effects.
Academy Health in Washington D.C. is being investigated by the HHS Office of Civil Rights for excluding white applicants from a health research scholarship.
Kennedy said he launched a "massive" research effort involving "hundreds of scientists from around the world" to discover why autism rates have skyrocketed.
CMS sent a letter to states on Thursday that it no longer intends to approve or renew requests for funds not directly linked to healthcare expenditures.
The secretaries of agriculture and health are the same page about farming, food stamps, and other key areas of nutrition policy, according to a new op-ed.
He was asked about $11 billion in proposed cuts to local and state programs addressing infectious diseases, mental health, addiction, and childhood vaccination.
The Biden administration policy required long-term care facilities, including most nursing homes, to have 24-hour licensed nursing services at their facilities.