The Health and Human Services Secretary directed the FDA to consider eliminating a pathway that allowed companies to "self-affirm" whether their ingredients are safe for consumption.

Microplastics really are a public health emergency. But instead of talking about his signature issue, he’s babbling about ...

The FDA’s GRAS rule lets companies decide if food additives are safe—without agency oversight. RFK Jr. now aims to close this ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — There sat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, at a Steak ’n Shake with Fox News host ...

In a Q&A, NIH addiction chief Nora Volkow speaks about RFK Jr.'s policy shake-ups, 12-step recovery limits, and why overdose ...

Activists have slammed the GRAS program, arguing it allows companies to "self-certify" the safety of food additives.

The nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is taking steps to tighten oversight of chemicals in the U.S. food ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tends to be on the right wing of a (theoretically and historically) left-wing family. And one who flips ...

U.S. secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise its Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Final Rule in ...

The practice Kennedy is targeting, known as “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS), can occur when companies self-certify the safety of a food additive.

RFK Jr. prioritizes debunked vaccine conspiracies over real public health threats, ignoring rising outbreaks of measles, influenza, and pertussis. His rejection of scientific consensus endangers ...

There is little hope for my countrymen and countrywomen. It could also be that there will be little impact with RFK Jr at the helm. His pronouncements are so outlandish that they may be met with a ...