Margaret Manto

18 hours ago | notus.org | Margaret Manto

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed at least one thing during his tour of Congress on Wednesday: his longtime skepticism of vaccines and other public health interventions has not diminished, despite what he may have said during his confirmation hearings. “I am not going to just tell people everything is safe and effective if I know there’s issues,” Kennedy told Sen.

23 hours ago | notus.org | Margaret Manto

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared before the House Appropriations committee Wednesday to defend the Trump administration’s plan to make sweeping cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services. But at times, even he seemed to accept that the cuts bordered on overkill — and that when it came to medical expertise, he said he wasn’t necessarily the best person for Americans to turn to.

1 day ago | notus.org | Margaret Manto

The National Institutes of Health awarded a consulting firm a $7 million contract earlier this month to retain “subject matter experts” who would help the NIH conform to President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s vision of a new American public health system. The contract was awarded to Credence Management Solutions without competition through an already-existing General Services Administration contract.

6 days ago | notus.org | Margaret Manto

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s radical reshaping of the Department of Health and Human Services isn’t just impacting the big-name agencies — it has the potential to sharply disrupt a little-known agency that plays an important role during natural disasters and public health crises.

1 week ago | notus.org | Margaret Manto

A former Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign staffer and self-described “senior advisor” to the health secretary posted twice on social media recently implying that she can provide special access to Kennedy — if she gets something in return. Angela Stanton King, who served as the Kennedy presidential campaign’s adviser for Black engagement until her reportedly contentious departure last April, now runs a pregnancy resource center, Auntie Angie’s House.