Adding work requirements for people on Medicaid was a hot topic of debate during President Donald Trump’s first administration — and it may be again in Trump’s second term. Sen. John Kennedy, a ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., laying out his early health agenda, said he would examine childhood vaccines, psychiatric drugs and other “formerly taboo” topics in investigating the causes of chronic disease.

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, a doctor, said new Louisiana vaccine policy reduces immunization access for parents, patients.

Republican Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy cast the swing vote on advancing President Trump's nomination of RFK Jr. to lead the Department of Health.

RFK Jr.'s confirmation comes after months of controversy and debate, largely focused on his past comments casting doubt on ...

Kennedy managed to allay the concerns of several key GOP senators over his anti-vaccine activism. Mitch McConnell was the ...

The vote capped a remarkable rise for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed by a Republican Senate in a chamber where his ...

Cassidy was begging for the simplest possible concession from the man President Trump had chosen to serve as the nation’s top ...

Cassidy vowed to protect Americans' access to vaccines after providing the swing vote to advance immunization skeptic Robert ...

The US Senate on Thursday voted to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human ...

After Louisiana U.S. Sen. and doctor Bill Cassidy put aside his doubts over vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s fitness ...

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