On April 18, 2026, President Donald Trump signed a landmark executive order in the Oval Office designed to dramatically accelerate the research and regulatory review of psychedelic drugs, most notably the controversial compound ibogaine.

The decision by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to sideline a key U.S. preventive health advisory panel is delaying updates to screening guidelines for cancer and other major diseases, raising concerns among medical experts.

US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has removed all 17 members of a committee that issues official government recommendations on immunisations.

Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people.

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to slash 10,000 full-time employees across different departments, as he works to reshape the nation’s federal health agencies, the department said Thursday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for increased vaccination efforts in response to a deadly measles outbreak in Texas.

President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he would release classified documents in the coming days related to the assassinations of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

US President-elect Donald Trump has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine skeptic and former independent presidential candidate, as his nominee for Health Secretary.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Friday that he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Republican Donald Trump.