Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s controversial nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services, is scheduled to have a vote in a Senate committee on Tuesday. The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to take up,

The primary concern with RFK Jr. as secretary of HHS is not that he believes that vaccines cause autism or that he suggested that the HPV vaccine causes cancer.

The fate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid to run HHS may rest with a Republican wrestling with his training as a physician and his instincts as a politician.

Appearing on the CBS news program "Face the Nation," Sanders said that these are never-before-seen times in American history and that he fears that a "kleptocracy," a system of government where officials use their power to steal government funds for their own benefit, is on the rise.

Kennedy Jr. is revising his ethics agreement to divest his interest in litigation against an HPV vaccine maker and directing the stake to his adult son, The New York Times reported Friday, citing a written response to questions from senators who are weighing his confirmation as Health and Human Services secretary.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, the top Republican on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, concluded Thursday's hearing by saying he was "struggling" with the nomination due to Kennedy's vaccine positions. Kennedy notably refused to say vaccines don't cause autism as he faced pointed question from lawmakers.

The health and human services secretary nominee, after questions from Democrats, has agreed to transfer his stake in Gardasil personal-injury lawsuits.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, told senators Friday he will divest his financial stake in a lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Merck over its vaccine that protects against human papillomavirus.