Supplement makers, practitioners of alternative medicine and others in the wellness movement are hoping to capitalize on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tenure as the nation's top health official. Why it matters: Kennedy's interest in treating the root causes of chronic illnesses through lifestyle changes could elevate unregulated alternatives and risky pseudoscience while relegating diagnosis and treatment of disease to the back burner,

In Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first interview as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, he made multiple incorrect or misleading statements, including about seed oils, an abortion drug and the notion that the U.

The moves by the Department of Health and Human Services represent a substantial shift in the government’s philosophy on transgender and nonbinary issues, toward one that rejects the idea that Americans can identify with a gender other than their sex at birth. The new information aligns with President Donald Trump’s executive orders on the subject.