President-elect Donald Trump's transition team reportedly tapped a former senior health official from the president-elect's first term and a friend to top Trump loyalists to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr's chief of staff.

President-elect Donald Trump's HHS appointees represent a broad spectrum of healthcare perspectives and are poised to significantly influence public health, pharmaceuticals and health systems.   With a $1.

(Reuters) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. played an instrumental role in organizing mass litigation against drugmaker Merck over its Gardasil vaccine, a strategy that faces its first test in a Los Angeles court next week, according to two attorneys close to the case and court filings.

Just months after Donald Trump promised to let Robert ... even between the different divisions of HHS.” Still, Trump allies characterized the first round of staffing as a friendly, if not ...

Mike Pence's nonprofit has sent a letter to the Senate urging them to use caution when voting for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as director of Health and Human Services

The potential rift underscores the ways Trump’s health nominees, and their priorities, are shaking up Congress’ policy and budget fault lines.

Trump’s numbers largely indicate that Americans are split on his incoming presidency. Indeed, according to the CNN /SSRS poll, only 37 percent of Americans say they feel more confident in Trump’s ability to serve as president at the end of the transition period, while 53 percent say they have less confidence in him.

The incoming US president is expected to gut support for research on the environment and infectious diseases, but could buoy work in artificial intelligence, quantum research and space exploration.

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s nonprofit organization is asking Republican senators to vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services, citing his past stances on abortion.

Trump returns to the White House as the tenth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic once again inundates hospitals, while the last vestiges of public health are set for destruction.

Before the hepatitis A vaccine, Alaska had large infectious hepatitis epidemics every 7-10 years affecting thousands of Alaskans. Since Alaska started routine Hepatitis A vaccination for Alaska children, we have had no outbreaks, and the only hepatitis A cases are brought into the state by travelers.

As of Monday, FDA commissioner Robert Califf, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, Medicare director Meena Seshamani, and FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research director Patrizia Cavazzoni have retired or intend to retire prior to Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.