U.S. health officials say they plan to phase out ingestible fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth, citing possible health risks.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos Sunday of him and his family swimming in Rock Creek where swimming is not allowed “due to high bacteria levels.”

In late April, RFK Jr. said “sugar is poison” and noted that “Americans need to know that.” He also threatened action. As HHS secretary, RFK Jr. enjoys a wide berth, with power over America’s dietary guidelines, among other things.

A civil war has broken out in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s inner circle over a Laura Loomer post. Casey Means, an adviser to the health secretary and CEO of health payments tool Truemed, has reportedly accused The Wellness Company CEO Peter Gillooly of leaking false information to Loomer,

I believe Cesar killed my father,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote in a 2021 San Francisco Chronicle op-ed of security guard Thane Eugene Cesar, who died in 2019 and was never charged.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drew mockery on social media Monday after appearing to borrow one of President Donald Trump ’s most ridiculed catchphrases. During a press event promoting Trump’s latest executive order aimed at lowering prescription drug prices, Kennedy praised the move in dramatic terms.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged at a press conference Tuesday to restore the production of federal records. Those records, requested by members of the public, were said to be slowed by Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts.

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