The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent lawyer and vocal vaccine critic, as the nation's health secretary, controlling $1.7 trillion in ...

Longtime vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now the nation’s top health official, after the Senate on Thursday voted almost entirely on party lines to confirm him atop a department of nearly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images Robert Kennedy Jr. overcame tremendous opposition from the health and science community Thursday, winning Senate ...

Casey Means, President Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general, does not yet have the votes for confirmation following a testy Senate health committee hearing on her nomination Wednesday. Senators of ...

Sen. Roger Marshall, a Make America Healthy Again devotee, is angling to replace the defeated Louisiana senator atop the Health Committee.

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez will be in the spotlight Wednesday at a high-profile Senate hearing, as Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) appears to try to drive ...

A congressional hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was described by news anchors as exceptionally contentious. During the hearing, Kennedy faced bipartisan ...