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Robert F Kennedy Jr.

  • Monday, 26 May, 2025
    The Big Read
    Robert F Kennedy Jr’s battle with Big Food

    The US health secretary is defying the industry to improve America’s diet. Is he going about it the right way?

    Robert F Kennedy Jr, a pack of Cheetos, a fizzy drink and the US Congress
  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Trump’s ‘Maha’ report implicates companies in worsening children’s health

    The inaugural ‘Make America Healthy Again’ findings reflect many of the concerns of health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services budget, on Capitol Hill this month
  • Thursday, 24 April, 2025
    Disease control and prevention
    US at ‘precipice of disaster’ with measles as vaccinations drop, study finds

    Disease could re-establish itself in less than 25 years, Stanford researchers say

    One year-old River Jacobs is held by his mother, Caitlin Fuller, while he receives an MMR vaccine
  • Saturday, 29 March, 2025
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
    Top US vaccine official resigns over Kennedy’s ‘misinformation and lies’

    Peter Marks says ‘truth and transparency are not desired’ by health secretary as measles outbreak spreads

  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2025
    The Big Read
    The political rise of the anti-vax movement

    As traditional parties decline, vaccine scepticism has become one of the anti-establishment forces filling the vacuum

    Robert F Kennedy Jr, AfD’s logo, an injection needle and anti-vaxxer placards
  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    CDC vaccine panel delayed after Kennedy assumes top US health job

    Advisory group was set to weigh in on nearly a dozen jabs in a meeting later this month

    CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, US
  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Trump’s controversial cabinet picks look set for Senate confirmation

    Republican opposition to Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F Kennedy Jr melts away at committee stage

    Tulsi Gabbard testifies before a Senate intelligence committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 30
  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2025
    Pfizer CEO ‘disappointed’ by Kennedy’s refusal to rebut claims on jab risks

    Albert Bourla says Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary still appeared to ‘temper’ some of his views

    Albert Bourla
  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Robert Kennedy beats back anti-vax label in testy US Senate hearing

    Panel grills Donald Trump’s nominee for top health post on abortion stance and ‘Make America Healthy Again’ agenda

    Robert F Kennedy Jr attends a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing
  • Monday, 27 January, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Robert Kennedy allies fear he is losing US Senate support

    Donald Trump’s pick to run health department has faced criticism over anti-vaccine stance

    Robert F Kennedy Jr
  • Thursday, 23 January, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Trump to tap health industry executive for top White House budget job

    Appointment would deal a blow to Robert Kennedy’s hopes of overhauling the sector

    Robert F Kennedy Jr, centre, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, and his wife Cheryl Hines, left, speak with Senator John Cornyn ahead of the inaugural luncheon on January 20 2025 in Washington, US
  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2025
    Kennedy vows to keep vaccine suit stake if confirmed as US health chief

    Nominee says he is entitled to 10% of proceeds if case against Merck’s Gardasil treatment succeeds

    Robert F Kennedy Jr
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    News in-depthUS healthcare reform
    Robert Kennedy Jr’s fractious battle to fix America’s health

    Radical former Democrat wants to take on Big Pharma — but his team is already arguing

    A montage of Robert F Kennedy Jr with the logo of Pfizer and Wegovy pens in the background
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    Biotech
    Biotechs test IPO market despite concerns over Kennedy’s health role

    Trump nominee has caused concern in the industry due to his desire to reduce spending on medicines

    Donald Trump, left, and Robert Kennedy
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Robert Kennedy considers upheaval to US Medicare doctors’ billing system

    Plan is latest sign that Donald Trump’s healthcare pick is preparing assault on medical establishment

    Robert F Kennedy Jr and Tulsi Gabbard
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    Anjana Ahuja
    The new Republican war on science

    Robert F Kennedy Jr’s appointment is characteristic of Trump’s hostility to expertise

    Andy Carter illustration of Trump sat defiantly on a vaccine bottle, ignoring a scientist and causing cracks to spread through the vaccine.
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    Vaccine stocks hit by RFK Jr nomination

    GSK, Sanofi and Moderna shares all sink after Donald Trump chooses vaccine sceptic as top US health official

    A vial labelled Sanofi GSK Covid-19 vaccine
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Trump picks Robert Kennedy Jr to run US health department

    Vaccine sceptic and former Democrat is the latest controversial nomination for cabinet post

    Robert F Kennedy Jr. takes a selfie with guests at the America First Policy Institute gala held at Mar-a-Lago on November 14, 2024
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Robert Kennedy Jr’s influence over Trump sparks Big Pharma alarm

    Vaccine sceptic expected to hold sway over health policy and top appointments

    Robert F Kennedy Jr gestures while speaking at a campaign rally for Donald Trump. He is standing at a microphone with a crowd visible in the background.
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Trump appoints Robert Kennedy Jr to presidential transition team

    Scion of Kennedy dynasty is tapped along with fellow ex-Democrat Tulsi Gabbard

    Robert F Kennedy and Donald Trump shake hands at a Republican campaign rally in Arizona on Friday last week
  • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Robert Kennedy Jr drops long-shot bid for presidency and backs Trump

    Scion of storied US Democratic dynasty claims party conspired to halt his White House run

    Robert Kennedy Jr
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Robert F Kennedy Jr campaign nears end as Trump teases endorsement

    Independent candidate fell in polls after Kamala Harris became Democratic candidate

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr., independent US presidential candidate, speaks to reporters at the Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola, New York on August 21 2024. He is wearing a dark suit and tie, and an American flag is visible in the background.
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Robert Kennedy Jr taps nostalgia in bid to upset Trump and Biden

    Vaccine-sceptic scion of US political dynasty says Americans must not vote out of ‘fear’

    Robert Kennedy Jr campaigns for US presidency
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    An Unfinished Love Story — Doris Kearns Goodwin on her husband’s Kennedy-era world

    From Vietnam to Che Guevara: tales of the White House from one of America’s great historians in an unusual and very personal memoir

    President Kennedy stands near a helicopter. To his left is Dick Goodwin. Behind him is Dean Rusk
  • Wednesday, 27 March, 2024
    Edward Luce
    Robert Kennedy Jr’s perilous voyage of discovery

    His third-party candidacy could split the vote and hand the election to Trump

    Nicole Shanahan waves to the crowd as Robert F Kennedy Jr gestures at her with both arms
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