Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Your characterization of the political appointees is wrong.

And the CDC director has that power.

After a history of anti-vaccine activism, Secretary Kennedy has made dramatic changes to vaccine policy.

He often describes vaccines as effective for those who want to take them, framing it as a personal choice.

He seemed to shift that rhetoric in an exchange with Democratic Senator Michael Bennett of Colorado in the Finance Committee.

Some Republican pollsters have warned that Kennedy's stance on vaccines is unpopular.

Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.

If these deals with Big Pharma are so great for Americans, then we should be able to see what promises have been made.

You have the power to make this deal yourself.

We did this because you refused to do it.

What we've got is Trump.

You have a lot more power to negotiate than we do.

By health care costs.

And you and Donald Trump are actually making the problem worse.

You've got a lot of misinformation there.

There's a global measles epidemic.

We're ending the era of federal policies that fueled the chronic disease epidemic and replacing them with policies that put the health of Americans first.

This year, HHS and USDA issued new dietary guidelines that put real whole food at the center of the American plate.

More than 40% of the food industry is committed to phase-out petroleum-based dyes by year-end, and many have already eliminated them.

At HHS, we are prioritizing patients with ultra-rare diseases and their families.