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Dr. Peter Marks, the former head of the vaccine program at the Food and Drug Administration, speaks with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan about some of the Trump administration's new public health priorities, including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent promise to find the cause of autism by September.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks to CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook about the challenges facing the food industry, his focus on improving the Indian Health Service and more in this web exclusive.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has given his first network television interview since becoming health secretary to Dr. Jon LaPook. They talked, among other things, about the impact of cutting thousands of jobs at federal health agencies and the high cost of some of the most popular prescription drugs.
In his first network TV interview since becoming Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke with CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook about a range of topics, including measles, food additives and weight loss drugs.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat down with CBS News for his first network television interview as Health and Human Services secretary. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook asked Kennedy about the more than $11 billion in cuts to local and state health programs.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke with CBS News in an exclusive interview. Here are some highlights.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat down with CBS News' Dr. Jon LaPook and discussed the U.S. measles outbreak and funding cuts by the Trump administration. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder breaks down some of his claims.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed health program cuts and the measles vaccine in his first network TV interview since joining the Trump administration.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke with CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook for his first network TV interview since joining the Trump administration. Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, said he encourages people to get the measles vaccine as an outbreak spreads in the U.S. He also discussed government cuts that affected health programs and staffing.
Kennedy's comments mark the first time he has publicly urged people to get the measles vaccine since becoming HHS secretary.
In an interview with Dr. Jon LaPook, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is encouraging people to get vaccinated against measles. "The federal government's position, my position, is that people should get the measles vaccine," Kennedy Jr. says. See more from the interview, Wednesday on "CBS Mornings" and "CBS Evening News."
The CDC's team of lead poisoning experts remained off the job a week after the sweeping HHS layoffs.
The redeployment comes after another unvaccinated child died in the measles outbreak in Texas.
Kennedy's comment comes as the Environmental Protection Agency says it has now launched a new review of fluoride's health effects.
A second child in Texas has died from measles-related causes, the Texas Health Department confirmed. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended a service for the child. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, is urging people to get the measles vaccine as the outbreak spreads. (Editor's Note: A previous version of this post incorrectly included images of a different hospital from the one in which the child died. It has been updated.)
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the CDC's lead poisoning program will be reinstated.
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