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President Donald Trump and top federal health officials Monday launched a broad offensive against the mainstream understanding of autism, claiming without new evidence that acetaminophen — the active ingredient in the common pain reliever Tylenol — was a cause of the disorder.
Azeen Ghorayshi, New York Times
WASHINGTON -- The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told a Senate panel Wednesday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called CDC employees "corrupt" and accused them of "killing children" during a tense private meeting with her the week before she was fired.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Megan Mineiro, New York Times
Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testified before senators on Wednesday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired her after she refused to endorse forthcoming vaccine recommendations without reviewing scientific evidence to support the guidance.
When U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, several senators criticized him for restricting the COVID-19 vaccine after promising in November he wouldn't "take away anybody's vaccines."
Grace Abels and Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact reporters
Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025-- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist
The Trump administration has frozen $108 million in federal funding for Duke Health, according to a senior administration official, after asserting a day earlier it was investigating "systemic racial discrimination" in the university's healthcare system.
By Betsy Klein, CNN
During a town hall hosted by TV personality Phil McGraw, known as Dr. Phil, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that one of the Defense Department's research and development arms might be spraying Americans with harmful chemicals.
Madison Czopek, PolitiFact reporter
Harnett County officials will decide Thursday whether they will continue adding fluoride to their water supply as debates over water additives heat up nationwide.
(CNN) -- The Trump administration announced Friday that it is not moving forward with a Biden-era proposal that would have expanded coverage of costly anti-obesity drugs to more than 7 million Americans on Medicare or Medicaid.
By Tami Luhby, CNN
As U.S. measles infections spread, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a Fox Nation interview there could be some health benefits to getting the measles.
Jeff Cercone, PolitiFact reporter
During health secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Jan. 29 Senate confirmation hearing, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., grilled Kennedy over his involvement in lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers.
Sara Swann, PolitiFact reporter
During the first round of his Senate confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's pick for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, appeared to be at odds with his past self.
Madison Czopek and Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact reporters
Should he be confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would run a vast department whose divisions manage billions of dollars and regulate the nation's food, medications, vaccines and medical treatments.
Hank Sanders, Sara Ruberg and Christina Jewett, New York Times
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 -- We deserve a Secretary of Health and Human Service who will sustain North Carolinian jobs and deepen our state's attractiveness to employers. Sen. Thom Tillis and his colleagues are in a strong position to make this happen, if we convince them of the political necessity.
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL's NC Capitol team.
More than 400 North Carolina doctors have signed onto a national group's letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol bureau chief
President-elect Trump making moves ahead of the inauguration, holding a news conference to announce a mega investment in AI. And a familiar face heads to Capitol Hill today. Robert Kennedy, Jr. - another embattled pick for the new Trump Administration - begins his quest to become a Cabinet secretary. The former Democrat turned vaccine skeptic faces questions and scrutiny ahead of confirmation hearings.
Monday, Nov. 25, 2024 -- If you want to see women flying high, dominating the landscape and unmasking a fake wizard, see "Wicked."
Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 -- Let's not make child mortality great again.
The Republican North Carolina senator is up for reelection in 2026. Can he please a GOP base that has been hostile toward him, while maintaining enough independence to woo moderate voters?
Paul Specht and Will Doran, WRAL state government reporters
North Carolina counties started distributing absentee ballots Tuesday for the November general election to those who requested them, roughly two weeks later than anticipated as a legal challenge forced delays.
Absentee ballots for military and overseas citizens for the 2024 general election must be sent out on Friday, Sept. 20, under a new schedule released by the State Board of Elections. The Board also set Sept. 24 as the date to start sending absentee ballots to other voters who have requested ballots by mail.
WRAL staff
Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 -- Judges must not legislate from the bench and ignore the law to help Donald Trump's presidential ambitions. Our courts' first obligation is to uphold the law. Voters come first - before the vanity of candidates or the manipulation of politicians.
The North Carolina Supreme Court's ruling to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name from the 2024 ballot will cost state taxpayers around $1 million to reprint ballots, with Wake County alone spending $66,000.
Dan Haggerty, WRAL anchor/reporter
