Kennedy, Robert F Jr

RFK Jr. Hits His Stride in Arizona as His Chronic Disease Tour Wraps

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The health secretary seemed stoic — maybe nervous, even — at the start of his first major trip. But on a hike with Navajo Nation leaders, he was finally in his element.

Kennedy to Kick Off Tour on Fighting Chronic Disease

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After a second measles death in West Texas, the health secretary is expected to begin a tour through the Southwest to showcase nutrition legislation, among other priorities.

As RFK Jr. Champions Chronic Disease Prevention, Key Research Is Cut

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Two significant programs that invested in research on diabetes, dementia, obesity and kidney disease have ended since the start of the Trump administration.

Kennedy’s Plan to Send Health Officials to ‘Indian Country’ Angers Native Leaders

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is committed to improving the Indian Health Service. Native American leaders have doubts. “It’s shameful,” one said.

Trump Is on Shaky Legal Ground With Mass Layoffs at H.H.S., Experts Say

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Job and program cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services have teed up court challenges and prompted bipartisan criticism in Congress.

Trump Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegovy and Other Obesity Drugs

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Administration officials reversed a decision made during the Biden presidency that would have given millions of people access to weight-loss drugs paid for Medicare and Medicaid.

FDA Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety

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Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic drug approvals were also dismissed.

C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, Critics Say

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The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been a public health model around the world.

How a Black Progressive Transformed Into a Conservative Star

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Xaviaer DuRousseau once marched in Black Lives Matter protests. Then he started watching PragerU videos — and they resonated with him.