When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was appointed secretary of Health and Human Services, some hoped that the responsibility of public office would temper his long-standing hostility toward vaccines. Instead, he is doing exactly what many of us feared: dismantling the systems that protect Americans from preventable infectious diseases.

The health and human services secretary is shrinking staff at health agencies and reshaping the mission of his department to focus more on alternative medicine.

Sanders warned that Robert F. Kennedy's firing of the 17-member vaccine advisory board could endanger public health.

Senator Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are in the spotlight over a major vaccine policy controversy. Duckworth opposes Kennedy’s dismissal of CDC vaccine advisers, warning of risks to public trust and science-based health policy.

Kennedy dismissed the entire committee on June 9, accusing the former members of lacking public trust and being "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest," despite the committee's transparent disclosure and conflict of interest policies.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is calling for the Senate Health Committee to launch a bipartisan investigation into Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s recent firing of every

Health and Human Services head, RFK Jr, is replacing all current members of CDC vaccine advisory committee. We discuss the potential impact on public health policy.

The new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey found adults divided over the health secretary but with a bare majority viewing him favorably.

Multiple new members have voiced anti-vaccine views that are not based in scientific evidence. Their actions could shape the way insurers, doctors and the public make decisions about immunizations.

That ended Monday, when Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 in a ... associate executive director for public policy and advocacy for the American Public ...