Merck and a woman suing the drugmaker agreed to halt a trial over alleged injuries from the drugmaker's human papillomavirus ...

His first remarks to the department since being confirmed comes as Washington reels from mass firings and funding cuts.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. said he will make the potential effects of childhood vaccine schedules and ...

WASHINGTON — To earn the vote he needed to become the nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a special ...

My goal as secretary here at HHS will be to create a culture of competency, of ethics, of openness, of transparency, of caring, and of pride so that individuals who share these ideals can ...

The newly sworn-in HHS Secretary laid out his plans for the department, including investigating potential causes of chronic ...

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.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his first remarks to agency staff as health secretary said he’ll work to remove “conflicts of interest” on HHS advisory committees in order to reestablish the public’s trust.

Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota joins ...

TURMOIL AT HHS — The past weekend brought a chaotic purge of the federal workforce across the nation’s health agencies, POLITICO’s Adam Cancryn, Megan Messerly and David Lim report.

Ratner predicts the appointment of Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, will impact vaccine availability and hesitancy: "It is much ...

New York lawmakers are advocating against staffing cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program, which helps those impacted ...