His lies hide an ugly political agenda that is disastrous for public health

AI is far from a perfect resource. But it seems to hallucinate less than Kennedy.

As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”.

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

Unanswered questions are piling up

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.

Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory

Defend Public Health has a new retrospective report on lessons learned from debunking some RFK Jr's most egregious "Whoppers" over the past year.

With more confirmed measles cases already in 2026 than in the entire of 2025, it seems highly likely that the USA will lose its measles-free status later this year. Tony Kirby reports.

Four are dead in Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak. But the C.D.C. isn’t yet convinced.

New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis

Everywhere you look, the president is causing chaos and destruction.

COVID-19 vaccines were consistently associated with a reduction in the risk of hospitalization and other outcomes, including among individuals at high risk of severe COVID-19, such as infants, and those who were pregnant. No new safety concerns were identified.

Measles cases seem to be spiking across the country in recent years, as the anti-vaccine movement has grown. The CDC has reported 3,471 confirmed cases so far this year, already surpassing last year’s...

Questions and Answers on Mifeprex

The Health Department has not decided whether to provide the shots to states through the Vaccines for Children program, which serves uninsured and low-income families.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave a keynote address at an anti-vaccine conference, as the United States faces the highest number of measles cases in more than 30 years. NBC News medical cont...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn’t opened up the ordering process, raising concerns about delays as vaccination programs kick off.

Over the strenuous objections of public health experts, including Defend Public Health, in February 2025 the U.S. Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Since then, he's lied to the public regularly, so Dr. Benedicte Callan and her team from Defend Public Health decided to debunk those falsehoods and launched the Whopper of the Week, which provides factual counterpoints to disinformation from Kennedy. Here, you can read our report on the lessons learned from one year of Whoppers of the Week.

An analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term.

Under questioning by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Trump’s surgeon general pick Nicole Saphier called a combined vaccine “our greatest tool for combating measles infections.”

This year has become the deadliest year for measles in the United States since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000.

The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.

Pennsylvania health officials confirmed two additional measles-associated deaths, bringing the total confirmed deaths in the state this year to four, and driving US fatalities to the highest level in ...

On August 10, in the Oval Office, Donald Trump signed an executive order telling American parents to break the measles, mumps, and rubella shot into three separate injections and to space childhood va...

DOH Confirms Two Additional Measles-Associated Deaths

Just over one year ago, Defend Public Health began publicly tracking HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s deceptions, distortions and disinformation in a weekly website feature, the RFK Jr. Whopper o...

Policies enacted by RFK Jr have not delivered the expected results, but have instead hindered people’s ability to eat healthy food

Defend Public Health has a new retrospective report on lessons learned from debunking some RFK Jr's most egregious "Whoppers" over the past year.

Tobacco investments raise new concerns about Dr Nicole Saphier ahead of confirmation hearing

Defend Public Health has a new retrospective report on lessons learned from debunking some RFK Jr's most egregious "Whoppers" over the past year.

Hospital leaders were excited about the Rural Health Transformation Fund until they saw the fine print.