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Kennedy sends mixed vaccine messages amid Texas measles outbreak

The Hill

In the first test of the Trump administration's outbreak response, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Two days later, Kennedy in a social media post outlined how his agency is responding, including by providing the Texas Department of Health with MMR vaccines. But public health experts aren't ready to celebrate.

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What To Know About RFK Jr.’s Stances on Key Health Issues and What He Could Do at HHS

KFF Health News

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is coming into the nomination process in an unusual position, with a long list of his own policy priorities separate from the president-elect’s, and a public promise by Trump to let him “go wild” on his ideas.

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Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Have Found Its Moment

KFF Health News

Within days of Donald Trump’s election victory, health care entrepreneur Calley Means turned to social media to crowdsource advice. Means is among a cadre of health business leaders and nonmainstream doctors who are influencing President Donald Trump’s focus on health policy.