The GOP-controlled Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, to lead the country’s most powerful health care agency.  Kennedy was confirmed as the ...

The U.S. Senate has voted 52-48 Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services, where he will oversee the nation's largest healthcare programs including Medicare ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s health secretary Thursday, but what exactly does the Health and Human Services Department do and what is his role?

House Republicans unveiled their budget wish list on Wednesday, which directs the Energy and Commerce Committee — which ...

CT community health centers have been able to keep the lights on and generally keep up services amid fallout from the federal ...

Republicans in the House and Senate are proposing competing budget plans to advance President Donald Trump's agenda, with the ...

Kennedy will oversee some of the federal government’s largest public health agencies, including the NIH, FDA, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...

Perhaps the most important shift for Medicaid — and the source of its growing popularity — is that the program isn’t really seen as a handout anymore. A large majority of Americans, including 45 ...

Vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now has authority over a sweeping health agency that includes the CDC, FDA, NIH and CMS.

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

The Senate approved Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Thursday morning, despite some misgivings about his level of knowledge about the Medicare and ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine critic, was confirmed Thursday by the U.S. Senate in a 52-48 vote to serve as the ...