The committee voted along party lines Tuesday, with 14 Republicans voting to advance Kennedy in front of the Senate and 13 ...

Bill Cassidy was still deciding what to do. Cassidy, who worked 30 years in public hospitals in Louisiana, is a lifelong advocate of vaccinations. After watching a young woman almost die of liver ...

Sen. Todd Young didn’t back Donald Trump in 2024. But that didn’t stop Young from calling the president this past weekend as he was wavering over Trump’s pick ...

Despite concerns about his history promoting a debunked link between autism and vaccines, a key U.S. Senate panel advanced ...

It requires courage to take a principled stand against a person your own party’s president has put up for high office. Doing so is even more remarkable if it imperils ...

Washington — The Senate Finance Committee advanced Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination Tuesday, moving forward with his confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human Services after a pair of ...

Republican U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, a doctor who had expressed wariness about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, ...

NEW ORLEANS — Vaccine skeptic and activist lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now on track to become the nation's top health official. This comes after Louisiana U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy cast a key vote in ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jennifer Herricks, the founder of Louisiana Families for Vaccines, a group that organized a ...

The Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines to send Kennedy’s bid to lead the Department of Health and Human ...

Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican doctor, had deep misgivings about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health secretary, ...