Robert F. Kennedy

Trump order reduces US vaccine schedule, seeks to split MMR shot, cites autism diagnoses

The order advances a goal of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who has promoted a link between vaccines and autism that scientists have repeatedly debunked.

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A vial of MMR vaccine is prepared at Doctor Gary M. Kramer, MD, PA's Pediatric office on September 12, 2025, in Coral Gables, Florida
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on at a House Judiciary Select Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee hearing, examining the Missouri v. Biden case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2023.

US Health Secretary RFK Jr.: 'I don't have a gag reflex, I'll literally eat anything'

“I will eat anything, and I love experimenting with foods,” he said, noting that he’ll eat “even stuff I find on the street, you know, street vendors cooking.”

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U.S. President Donald Trump, with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L) looking on, speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on May 18, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Trump vaccine policy reversal deepens rift with Health Secretary Kennedy - report

Trump’s renewed focus on vaccines has put RFK Jr. under pressure, unsettled HHS officials and exposed shifting lines of authority inside the department.

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A sign marks the location of the US Department of Health and Human Services headquarters building on March 30, 2026, in Washington, DC.

US healthcare watchdog announces $5.56 b. in expected savings despite administration fraud claims

The decline complicates the Trump administration's portrayal of an unprecedented crackdown on healthcare fraud.

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Robert Kennedy's Palestinian assassin stabbed in prison

Sirhan was convicted of fatally shooting the senator on June 5, 1968. He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was changed to life in prison after the death penalty was banned in California.

AUGUST 31, 2019ByLEON SVERDLOV
Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan 311 (R)

No signs of trauma found on body of RFK's granddaughter

Two of Robert and Ethel's sons suffered untimely deaths - David, of a drug overdose in 1984 at age 28 and Michael at age 39 in a 1997 skiing accident.

AUGUST 4, 2019ByREUTERS
Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, arrives with her father Paul Hill at the Kennedy family compound, after the death of Senator Edward Kennedy, in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts August 26, 2009. Picture taken August 26, 2009Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy