With little fanfare, the Biden administration stacked a critical committee that helps set U.S. vaccination policy with new members before leaving office.

When politicians subordinate scientific institutions to electoral interests, they undermine immediate public health efforts and inflict lasting damage on institutional credibility.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s views on vaccines and his nomination for HHS secretary were questioned again in a second Senate hearing.

The 19th spoke to medical experts about what Kennedy can and can’t do around vaccines if confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Trump administration's halt on the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report delays critical bird flu studies, raising concerns of political interference in scientific communication.

The final round of committee hearings for Kennedy’s bid to be HHS Secretary was contentious from the start.

Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary said that NIH, FDA and CDC would be integral in his objective to prevent chronic disease.

I feel a profound obligation to speak out against the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as his nomination poses an incalculable threat to the health and well-being of every Georgian and every American.

RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearings continue today as he appears before a second Senate committee. Follow STAT's live updates.

The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be Donald Trump’s health secretary has been dogged by his long record of anti-vaccine and anti-science statements. Even as Republicans embrace him as an iconoclast, Democrats and other critics have lambasted Kennedy as a know-nothing without the scientific or bureaucratic experience to do the job effectively.

Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for HHS secretary. However, it remains unclear how much could actually change if Kennedy were to be confirmed. To answer that question, MedPage Today spoke with legal experts,