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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.

HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth - via Kennedy Jr.'s X account

Pete Hegseth y Robert Kennedy Jr., secretario de Defensa y Salud de Estados Unidos compiten para ver quien hace más lagartijas

El Secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS, por sus siglas en ingles), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., retó al secretario del Departamento de Defensa (DOD, por sus siglas en ingles), Pete Hegseth, a una emocionante competencia de acondicionamiento físico. Los funcionarios de la administración Trump participaron en una competencia de lagartijas y abdominales, en el marco del esfuerzo de Kennedy por promover un estilo de vida saludable y activo.

An employee holds a batch of cloned cannabis plants at cannabis grower Hollandse Hoogtes, where regulated cannabis cultivation takes place in a grow center, in Bemmel on April 1, 2025. Weed growers are gearing up for the next phase of the cannabis experiment in which coffeeshops, in the participating municipality, switch entirely to cannabis solely from regulated growers. (Photo by Sem van der Wal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by SEM VAN DER WAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump weighs lowering marijuana’s Federal Classification to reflect reduced danger: ‘We’re looking at it’

President Donald Trump stated that his administration is currently “looking at” reclassifying marijuana to a lower risk category. This comes at a time when many advocates have argued that marijuana helps them manage chronic pain, reduce nausea, ease symptoms of multiple sclerosis, anxiety, and more.