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Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, left, and journalist Megyn Kelly, attend a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Secretary of Health and Human Services post, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Senate to hold confirmation for Trump’s surgeon general pick Casey Means

Gabrielle M. Etzel · October 23, 2025 10:04 am

Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrives to testify before the Senate HELP Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Ousted CDC director says RFK Jr. planned to change childhood vaccine schedule

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 17, 2025 11:08 am

Susan Monarez and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Ousted CDC chief says RFK Jr. fired her for ‘holding the line on scientific integrity’

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 16, 2025 5:13 pm

Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrives to testify before the Senate HELP Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Fired CDC director Susan Monarez to testify before Senate

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 9, 2025 7:25 pm

Senate confirms Susan Monarez to lead CDC, overseeing vaccines and guidelines

Gabrielle M. Etzel · July 29, 2025 6:21 pm

Top HHS public health nominee grilled over vaccines

Gabrielle M. Etzel · July 16, 2025 1:29 pm

Senate panel advances Trump nominee for CDC amid vaccine policy controversy

Gabrielle M. Etzel · July 9, 2025 10:37 am

Doctors’ group asks Senate to investigate RFK Jr. over vaccine panel firings

Gabrielle M. Etzel · June 10, 2025 5:04 pm

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 (Graeme Jennings, Washington Examiner).

Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s first hearings since confirmation

Gabrielle M. Etzel · May 14, 2025 5:41 pm

Jim O'Neill, managing director of Mithril Capital Management, arrives at Trump Tower, January 12, 2017 in New York City. President-elect Trump continues to hold meetings Trump Tower.

Trump HHS pick Jim O’Neill favors less regulation and more anti-aging research

Gabrielle M. Etzel · May 8, 2025 5:00 am