Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addresses the media after being sworn-in as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy was approved by the Senate on Thursday by a narrow margin.

Kennedy’s first week at HHS included dismissing the workforce, vaccine advisers and some longtime health priorities.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told agency employees that a commission formed by President Donald Trump will investigate the childhood vaccine schedule.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the nation’s top health official Thursday in the Oval Office, completing an improbable arc for the anti-vaccine activist and one-time Democratic presidential

RFK Jr.'s confirmation comes after months of controversy and debate, largely focused on his past comments casting doubt on the safety of vaccines.

Following a close 52 to 48 vote, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services on Thursday afternoon.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F ... afternoon in the Oval Office by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, hours after confirmation. He said he'd first been there in 1961, and told stories of seeing his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, there as a child.

RFK Jr’s TV actor wife and socialite daughters proudly celebrated the controversial anti-vaccine campaigner’s confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Kyra Kennedy, whom Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shares with ex-wife Mary Richardson Kennedy, opted for a monochromatic outfit, wearing a cream turtleneck top with long sleeves and a logo-print Gucci midi skirt. She accessorized with gold jewelry, including multiple rings and a bracelet.

In 2010, the year that the "Let's Move" campaign was launched, conservative media personality Glenn Beck responded to Obama's appeal to the National Restaurant Association to "create healthier versions of the foods that we all love" and offer "healthy sides" so that fries are "something customers have to request."

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