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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks to guests following an event to release the new Make America Healthy Again Commission report in the East Room of the White House on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s vaccine fight isn't over

Garrett Owen
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and COVID-19 vaccine adviser Retsef Levi (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Lane Turner / Boston Globe / Taylor Hill / WireImage)

RFK Jr.’s vaccine adviser under scrutiny

Jelinda Montes
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., joined by President Donald Trump, delivers at the White House on Sept. 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. is winning MAHA’s vaccine war

Heather Digby Parton
A vial of the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccination for children is displayed during an immunization event at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Community Resource Center in Los Angeles, California, on October 24, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

S.C. measles outbreak breaks record

Jelinda Montes
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Cheers! But in moderation, according to recently released HHS dietary guidelines. But what counts as "moderation"? (Maria Korneeva)

RFK Jr. encourages “moderate drinking”

CK Smith
Measles outbreaks continue nationwide as more people grow cautious of childhood vaccination schedules, taking the lead set by anti-vax officials like HHS Secretary Kennedy. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

Anti-vaccine rhetoric fuels measles rise

CK Smith
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first openly transgender service member confirmed for federal office. She served HHS under President Biden. Now, Trump's administration is trying to erase her. (Jemal Countess / Getty Images)

Admiral Levine’s portrait gets deadnamed

CK Smith
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK vaccine overhaul puts kids at risk

Nicole Karlis
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., joined by President Donald Trump, delivers at the White House on Sept. 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s attack on mRNA will cost lives

Howard Dean
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s Tylenol attack insults women

Amanda Marcotte
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced grilling from the Senate on Thursday and calls to resign from his own family. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Kennedys call on RFK Jr. to resign

CK Smith
Senator Bernie Sanders (R) writes an op-ed in The New York Times calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his controversial decisions at the CDC. (Tasos Katopodi / Lisa Lake / Getty Images / Salon Staff)

Sanders calls for RFK Jr. to resign

CK Smith
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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the Libertarian National Convention on May 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

RFK's vaccine "endorsement" is phony

Amanda Marcotte
US Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. departs the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 12, 2024 in New York City. (DAVID DEE DELGADO/AFP via Getty Images)

Sexism fuels RFK's "MAHA mom" agenda

Amanda Marcotte
Elon Musk and Robert Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why RFK is letting Musk run wild in HHS

Amanda Marcotte
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

RFK's mental health plan: Labor camps

Amanda Marcotte
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. waits to enter a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Capitol Hill on January 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Trump opens RFK's war on public health

Amanda Marcotte
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra answers questions at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during Covid-19 at Capitol Hill on September 30, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Greg Nash- Pool/Getty Images)

White House partners with Instacart

Michael La Corte
A Guatemalan boy looks over his mother's shoulder while waiting in line for food at the Casa del Refugiado, or The House of Refugee, a new centre opened by the Annunciation House to help the large flow of migrants being released by the United States Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement in El Paso, Texas on April 24, 2019. (Getty/Paul Ratje)

Republicans exploit migrants, win media

Heather Digby Parton
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks with reporters following the weekly Republican Senate conference meeting in the Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol December 01, 2020 in Washington, DC. The Senate GOP leaders were asked about the chances of Congress passing another coronavirus relief bill along with must-pass government funding legislation. (Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

Republicans could stymie Biden HHS pick

Emmarie Huetteman - KFF Health News
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building is pictured in Washington on Monday, July 13, 2020 (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Trump rule could void health regulations

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building is pictured in Washington on Monday, July 13, 2020 (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Top HHS lawyer has deep industry ties

Igor Derysh
One America News Network | Food & Drug Administration (Graphics collage by Salon/WiikiCommons/One America News Network)

FDA fires spokesperson for misinfo

Roger Sollenberger
(Getty/Burak Kara/Olivier Douliery-Pool/Salon)

Trump attacks Trans people during Pride

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
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