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(Background) WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 17: U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks during a the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony from fired CDC employees and the implications on children’s health. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) / (R) WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 17: (L-R) Former Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry and former Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Susan Monarez testify before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony from fired CDC employees and the implications on children’s health. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul engages in heated exchange with ousted former CDC director

Kentucky GOP Senator Rand Paul engaged in a heated exchange with former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez over the agency’s prior vaccine recommendation policies.

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - AUGUST 23: Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. Kennedy announced today that he was suspending his presidential campaign and supporting former President Trump. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Trump praises RFK Jr.’s unique perspective following contentious Senate hearing: ‘I like the fact that he’s different’

President Donald Trump defended Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. after his intense Thursday hearing before a bipartisan Senate Finance Committee, in which senators challenged the top Trump health official over his handling of vaccines and other issues.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 04: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony on President Trump's 2026 health care agenda. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. engages in fiery exchange with senators during hearing: ‘We are the sickest country in the world’

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questioning from members of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday during a tense testimony.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Monarez is a health scientist with a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology who previously served as the Deputy Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

HHS: CDC Director Monarez ousted 4 weeks after being confirmed

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has revealed that Susan Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has been removed from her position.

US President Donald Trump (R) listens as US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at an event on "Making Health Technology Great Again," in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 30, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

RFK Jr.: HHS will ‘address’ external interventions ‘clearly, almost certainly causing autism’ in September

Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed that his agency is preparing to make an announcement next month regarding the study he introduced in April to fully examine the “interventions” that “clearly, almost certainly” cause autism, he announced.

Spectators cheer at the 55th Annual LA Pride Parade celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) social and self-acceptance, achievements and legal rights, on June 8, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by BLAKE FAGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Calif. loses federal sex ed grants amid HHS gender identity dispute

The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has blocked California from receiving federal sex education grants, citing the Golden State’s refusal to remove references to gender identity from its curriculum.