This Month
US Senate panel backs RFK jnr as Trump’s health secretary
The decision by the Republican-controlled committee paves the way for a full vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy jnr as soon as this week.
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- Ahmed Aboulenein and Stephanie Kelly
January
‘Predator’: Caroline Kennedy warns America of RFK jnr
In a searing letter, the former ambassador to Australia said Robert F. Kennedy jnr had led family members to drug addiction, and was unfit to be health secretary.
- Jacqueline Alemany, Dan Diamond and Liz Goodwin
November 2024
CSL tumbles as investors fear RFK jnr’s vaccine plans
The White House appointment of the anti-vax conspiracy theorist is devastating ASX healthcare and biotech shares as he threatens to turn the FDA ‘on its head’.
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- Joshua Peach and Joanne Tran
The RFK Jr diet: No Big Macs, Cokes or dogs
Donald Trump’s public-health czar likes to talk about vitamins and has been known to post videos of himself lifting weights, shirtless.
- Rebecca Davis O’Brien
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- US Votes 2024
Trump picks ‘absolutely frightening’ Kennedy to run health
The president-elect’s choice to run US health has called vaccines a “crime against humanity” and has been linked to dumping a dead bear and decapitating a whale.
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- Sheryl Gay Stolberg