Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, brought up the Children’s Health Defense, which is the organization Mr. Kennedy co-founded that has spread falsehoods about vaccinations for children, pulling up images of onesies sold by the nonprofit that read “Unvaxxed, Unafraid” and “No Vax, No Problem.”

Over rigorous questioning from senators Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. laid out his vision to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, while backtracking on his past statements in support of abortion and against vaccines.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced intense scrutiny Wednesday on Capitol Hill as he sought confirmation for the role of Health and Human Services secretary.

For years, RFK Jr. has questioned the safety and effectiveness of childhood immunizations against measles, polio and other scourges that have mostly disappeared in the United States. And he wants to eliminate fluoridation of public water supplies,

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to commit to not taking money from lawsuits aimed at vaccine makers if he is confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the US Department of Health and Human Services, told a US Senate committee that he would not stop anyone from getting polio and measles vaccines.

The nomination hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kicked off with a battle between President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), as the Democrat confronted Kennedy over his past controversial comments about vaccines and other issues.

Waco community mourning death or Dr. Charles A. Shoultz, founder of Waco Cardiology

"Frankly, you frighten people," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) told the nominee during his confirmation hearing to be Donald Trump's health secretary.