KFF Health News reporters break down the biggest takeaways from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings for secretary of Health and Human Services.

In hearings Wednesday and Thursday, senators questioned President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over his fitness to be the country's top health ...

In one of the most tense exchanges in a heated confirmation hearing, Senator Angela Alsobrooks called out past comments RFK Jr. made suggesting a different vaccine schedule for Black people.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, vigorously defended his views on vaccines, and a key senator still has clear doubts.

The hearings were packed to capacity with protesters and fans, while the spillover crowd hung out in hallways and overflow ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. focused a lot of his proposals on diet-related diseases among low-income Americans during his ...

Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician and key G.O.P. vote, joined Democrats in aggressively questioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick for health secretary. He did not say how he would vote ...

The Office of Government Ethics released Kennedy's financial disclosures in January 2025. Click here to review them. Kennedy went on to found the Pace University Environmental Litigation Clinic in ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced aggressive questions about his skepticism of vaccines and other issues during the first of two ...

Senators pressed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his past vaccine and abortion remarks in the first of two days of hearings before ...

The hearing, which began at 10 a.m., will examine the worthiness of RFK Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.

His hearings are set before the Senate finance committee on Wednesday and the Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee ...