Days after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. purged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s panel of vaccine experts and appointed eight replacements, Washington is bracing for the impact on vaccination access and public health.

A document circulated to members of Congress misinterprets studies and cites debunked research, scientists say. It could influence congressional perceptions of vaccine safety.

The health and human services secretary is shrinking staff at health agencies and reshaping the mission of his department to focus more on alternative medicine.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly removed 17 vaccine experts from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Monday — and Washington is already reeling.

Despite his compelling personal story of recovery from addiction, RFK Jr. has said much less about the U.S. drug crisis than other priorities like food additives.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is not a scientist or doctor, says you don’t need the COVID vaccine, but experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still put you in a high-risk group of people who ought to receive boosters.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration has seen its staff cut by more than a third, and it's facing deep budget cuts. Progress on overdose deaths could be lost, experts warn.

A day after abruptly firing a key vaccine panel, RFK Jr. said he would reconstitute it with “highly credentialed" experts amid backlash.