Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, offers her reflections on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s tenure over the past fifteen months. His vaccine agenda has always been an “outlier”—“an unpopular agenda”—yet it remains at the core of his identity. He has now “hit a wall.” Casey Means’ nomination to be U.S. Why did the White House not see the downside? “Rumors have been flying” that Secretary Kennedy may be leaving after the midterms.

Source: International New York Times April 10, 2026 19:13 UTC