Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine critic and advocate for tackling chronic disease, has been confirmed as U.S. Health Secretary following a 52-48 Senate vote on Thursday (February 13).
Kennedy was sworn in at the Oval Office, where President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a "Make America Healthy Again" commission to investigate chronic illness and childhood diseases.
The Senate vote was largely along party lines, with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell joining Democrats in opposition. To secure votes, Kennedy pledged to protect existing vaccination programs despite past controversies over vaccine safety.
At 71, Kennedy now oversees key health agencies, including the FDA, CDC, and Medicare & Medicaid programs, which provide coverage to over 140 million Americans. The HHS budget surpasses $3 trillion annually.
Once an independent presidential candidate, Kennedy endorsed Trump in August 2024. He now faces the challenge of leading U.S. healthcare policy amid ongoing public health debates.
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The co-pilot of Israel bound flydubai flight attempted to carry out a “terrorist attack” with an axe during the flight, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on Saturday.
Hammam al-Hammami, the Flydubai co-pilot accused of stabbing the captain of an Israel-bound flight on Wednesday in a suspected terrorist attack, was banned from flying by Oman over concerns about his radical views, U.S. media reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Two Iranian nationals have been charged in Britain with preparing a suspected terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community in northern England, police said on Friday (2 October).
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A major bridge across the Dnipro river in Kyiv was hit in a Russian air attack on Saturday, the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko said, as strikes on the capital's infrastructure continue.
A committee overseeing the Mecca defence pact between Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will meet in Riyadh on Monday, 5 October, to discuss regional developments and the alliance’s institutionalisation, Türkiye's foreign ministry said.
U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to lead the administration’s latest effort to shape policy on artificial intelligence (AI), according to the Wall Street Journal.
Brazilians are voting on Sunday (04 October) in the first round of a closely contested general election, following a campaign shaped by corruption scandals, economic concerns and accusations of foreign interference.
The sound of air raid sirens and explosions rang out in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Sunday (4 October) as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived for a visit to show support for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid escalating Russian attacks.
An alleged 2024 rape case involving seven former members of Cornell University’s Chi Phi fraternity has been reopened after the alleged victim, known anonymously as Jane Doe in court documents, filed a civil lawsuit accusing the men of drugging and gang-raping her.
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