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RFK Jr. says overcoming heroin addiction influences his policy perspectives
In a speech in Nashville, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that his policy perspectives are influenced by the 14-year heroin ...
RFK Jr. recounts heroin addiction and spiritual awakening, urges focus on prevention and community
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction and recovery ...
RFK Jr.’s absurd statistic on the spike in chronic diseases in the U.S.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the percentage of Americans with chronic diseases has gone up 20 times in six decades. That makes ...
Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.’s NIH slashed science funding across states that backed Trump
The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost ...
RFK Jr. Should Probably Be Watching ‘Love on the Spectrum’ — and You Should, Too
Considering its positive portrayal of autism, 'Love of the Spectrum' Season 3 offers rebuttal to RFK, Jr. statement targeting ...
Kansas City sues RFK Jr. over cuts to local vaccination, disease testing efforts
Cutting these programs now is not just shortsighted, it’s dangerous,” the director of the Kansas City Health Department said.
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RFK Jr.’s statements about autism and environmental toxins conflict with ample research
Eric Fombonne, an Oregon Health & Science University professor emeritus of psychiatry, said he doesn’t know how researchers would begin to investigate the "environmental toxins" Kennedy mentioned, ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests compensating families of some people with autism
"We need to identify the exposures that are causing this epidemic and compensate the families of the injured." ...