Robert F. Kennedy

US CDC vaccine advisory panel sets March meeting after delay

The committee, which makes recommendations on who should receive which vaccines, has historically guided US health insurance coverage and state policies on school-required vaccines.

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The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) global headquarters is seen during a meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on December 4, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.
An illustration of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a Grok AI application on a smartphone.

Users troll RFK's 'Real Food' website, ask Grok chatbot advice on food options for anal insertion

The Grok chatbot on the HHS’s "Eat Real Food" site sparked memes after giving literal answers to "rectal food" questions, including safety tips for certain produce amid RFK Jr.'s health push.

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A woman suffering from alcohol consumption; illustrative.

Trump admin. advises Americans to consume alcohol in moderation in order to be healthier

The change is part of the new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the US government's roadmap to healthy drinking and eating practices with has wide-reaching influence.

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A nurse fills a syringe with a vaccine before administering an injection at a kids clinic in Kiev, Ukraine August 14, 2019

US to drop childhood vaccine recommendations as it looks to Denmark, Washington Post reports

Federal health officials are weighing vaccine guidance and moving away from the CDC's current model of universal recommendations for childhood vaccination.

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Robert Kennedy's Palestinian assassin stabbed in prison

Sirhan was convicted of fatally shooting the senator on June 5, 1968. He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was changed to life in prison after the death penalty was banned in California.

AUGUST 31, 2019ByLEON SVERDLOV
Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan 311 (R)

No signs of trauma found on body of RFK's granddaughter

Two of Robert and Ethel's sons suffered untimely deaths - David, of a drug overdose in 1984 at age 28 and Michael at age 39 in a 1997 skiing accident.

AUGUST 4, 2019ByREUTERS
Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, arrives with her father Paul Hill at the Kennedy family compound, after the death of Senator Edward Kennedy, in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts August 26, 2009. Picture taken August 26, 2009Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy