Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified on May 14 before the House Appropriations and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committees.

I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me,’ Kennedy told lawmakers, who questioned steps the HHS leader has taken in his first three months on the job.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to require all new vaccines be tested against a placebo in human trials, and has said that almost no shots used in the United States have undergone such rigorous testing,

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to top health agencies as committee members in the House and Senate pummeled him with questions on controversial topics and spending.

Meanwhile, at STAT’s Breakthrough Summit West in San Francisco, former FDA Commissioner Robert Califf criticized RFK Jr.’s comments at the hearings. When Kennedy appeared before the House Appropriations Committee, he said his opinions about vaccines were “irrelevant” and that it’s not his job to give medical advice. But Califf pushed back.

The Republican physician said he extracted commitments that Kennedy wouldn't sow distrust in vaccines before voting to confirm him.

In back-to-back Capitol Hill hearings, Kennedy touched on abortion access, vaccines, measles, research, mental health and opioids.

The vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella contains "a lot of aborted fetus debris," as U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. asserted on April 30, 2025.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is requiring all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing in a new policy change meant to promote greater transparency.

A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson called the move "a radical departure from past practices."

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a major warning about a popular baked beans brand. Vietti Food Group of Nashville, TN, is recalling "4,515 cases of its Yellowstone Brown Sugar Molasses Baked Beans (15 oz.) due to the presence of undeclared soy. Individuals with an allergy or ...