Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is waging war on autism — and experts say it’s both unscientific and stigmatizing. The newly-appointed HHS Secretary said autism “destroys” children in a recent press conference. He declared 1 in 31 children under 8 are diagnosed with autism — up from 1 in 54 in … Read more
After weeks of confusion about his plans for autism research, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday that his department would build a “real-world platform” that would allow researchers to hunt for causes of the disorder by examining insurance claims, electronic medical records and wearable devices like smart watches. The department will draw … Read more
The dye is cast. Eight harmful petroleum-based synthetic dyes will soon be phased out of the American food supply, according to plans unveiled Tuesday by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary. Over the coming months, the FDA will revoke authorization for two synthetic … Read more
In a speech broadcast to the Food and Drug Administration’s Maryland campus on Friday morning, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduced himself as the nation’s health secretary with a meandering speech touching on everything from birds of prey to pollution in Lake Erie to the C.I.A. Mr. Kennedy told the agency staff members, in the throes … Read more
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is following through on his pledge to order the CDC to stop recommending that US communities add fluoride to their drinking water. The debate over fluoride’s potential benefits and risks continues to spark controversy, with Kennedy — an outspoken critic — announcing this week that he’s assembling a task … Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spoken of an “existential threat” that he said can destroy the nation. “We have the highest chronic disease burden of any country in the world,” Mr. Kennedy said at a hearing in January before the Senate confirmed him as the secretary of Health and Human Services. And on Monday he … Read more
A day after attending the funeral of an unvaccinated child who died of measles, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will kick off a tour through Southwestern states on Monday, spotlighting initiatives that emphasize nutrition and lifestyle choices as tools for combating disease. The Make America Healthy Again tour, which will take Mr. Kennedy through … Read more
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. traveled to West Texas on Sunday after a second elementary school-aged child who was not vaccinated died from a measles-related illness. Ahead of a “Make America Healthy Again” tour across southwestern US, Kennedy said in a social media post that he was in Gaines County to comfort the families who have buried two young … Read more
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on a mission to make America healthy again, and he’s tackling the country’s most obese state — and its governor. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R, and Kennedy held a joint event on Friday to announce a ban on certain food dyes. The governor … Read more
A steadfast figure in the anti-vaccine movement who has helped shape Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s thinking on a possible link to autism has joined his department to work on a study examining the long-debunked theory, according to people familiar with the matter. The new analyst, David Geier, has published numerous articles in the … Read more
Doctors in West Texas are seeing measles patients whose illnesses have been complicated by an alternative therapy endorsed by vaccine skeptics including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary. Parents in Gaines County, Texas, the center of a raging measles outbreak, have increasingly turned to supplements and unproven treatments to protect their children, many of … Read more
Babies are not ordinarily a fixture of closed-door White House meetings. But when Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, convened a group of women this month for a discussion on nutrition and other topics, a healthy-eating activist who calls herself “the Food Babe” was stunned to see President Trump’s press secretary with her eight-month-old … Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, has an unorthodox idea for tackling the bird flu bedeviling U.S. poultry farms. Let the virus rip. Instead of culling birds when the infection is discovered, farmers “should consider maybe the possibility of letting it run through the flock so that we can identify the birds, … Read more
In his first meeting with top executives from PepsiCo, W.K. Kellogg, General Mills and other large companies, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, bluntly told them that a top priority would be eliminating artificial dyes from the nation’s food supply. At the Monday meeting, Mr. Kennedy emphasized that it was a “strong desire and … Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a celebrity magnate who has hobnobbed with everyone from Bill Clinton to Hollywood stars Larry David and Tom Hanks over the years. But he also had strong opinions about them that he confessed in his secret sex diaries, viewed by The Post. Tom Hanks Kennedy described Tom Hanks as a … Read more
MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann has crassly responded to an explosive court filing by Olivia Nuzzi’s ex that alleged Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wanted to “possess,” “control” and “impregnate” her. Olivia Nuzzi, the New York magazine reporter, was been placed on leave by the publication after the revelation of a sexting relationship with RFK Jr. Olivia … Read more
Journalist Olivia Nuzzi claimed that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wanted to “possess,” “control” and “impregnate” her during their sexting tryst, according to an explosive court filing by Nuzzi’s ex Ryan Lizza. The court documents, which Nuzzi’s team said were “full of salacious and irrelevant claims,” came in response to a no contact order that Nuzzi filed … Read more
New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi dated former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann a decade ago, when he was 55 and she was about 21 years old, Olbermann confirmed to The Post. “That’s online. It’s public knowledge,” Olbermann said. He said he had not spoken to her in the last decade and declined to provide details. … Read more
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Cheryl Hines hasn’t publicly commented on hubby Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sexting scandal with a much younger political reporter — but she’s likely fuming behind the scenes, a source told Page Six Friday. The source, who knows the couple, said Hines is no pushover at home and “has a backbone.” “He … Read more
Engaged NY Mag political reporter Olivia Nuzzi stunned the political world when she confessed to having an inappropriate “personal relationship” with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is married, during his presidential campaign. Nuzzi claimed the relationship wasn’t physical, and a rep for RFK Jr. said the two only met in person once, leading many to … Read more