Liz Essley Whyte
White House clamps down on RFK, Jr.’s vaccine rejectionism but he reportedly retains Trump’s support
The White House is more tightly controlling the messaging and policies—including around vaccines—coming from the Department of Health and Human ...
RFK, Jr. quietly undermining science consensus that cellphones are safe
The Food and Drug Administration quietly removed webpages saying cellphones aren’t dangerous as the Department of Health and Human Services ...
Citing no evidence, RFK, Jr.’s newly-appointed FDA vaccine advisor spreads false information about risks of immunizations, setting the stage for lax policies and a surge in preventable diseases
The Food and Drug Administration will upend its approach to immunizations for respiratory illnesses, including flu vaccines, according to an ...
With Republican popularity sagging, RFK, Jr.’s MAHA movement may provide a boost for Trump
MAHA leaders are set to use their agenda to shore up support for the GOP among independent voters who might ...
How the agriculture and food industries challenged MAHA heavyweights and reshaped RFK, Jr.’s ‘reform’ agenda
In meeting after meeting at the White House this summer, administration officials held talks with scores of leaders from the ...
Accusing them of being “woke” for endorsing diversity in medicine, RFK, Jr. plans to dismiss all 16 members of cancer screening advisory panel
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel ...
Disrupt the global food supply? Trump officials dubious about RFK, Jr.—MAHA plan to ban crop chemicals
A bid by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to label pesticides as a potential cause of U.S. health woes ...
Mano a mano: Expect a knockdown fight between HHS secretary RFK, Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins if they both get approved
When Donald Trump announced his pick to lead the Agriculture Department last month, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s team was blindsided, according to ...
Will US consumers ever get to taste gene-edited sirloin? It may depend on whether the FDA or USDA wins broiling regulatory turf war
The future of genetically modified bacon, steak and fish is at the center of a Washington food fight ...
Facing human donor organ shortage, US poised to allow pig organ transplant trials
The Food and Drug Administration is devising plans to allow clinical trials testing the transplantation of pig organs into humans, ...