The candy convention was a celebration of everything that the health secretary believes is wrong with our food.

Kennedy doubled down on his recent statement that people shouldn’t follow his medical advice, despite his role as Health and Human Services secretary.

The nation’s top health official is spreading the misleading claim as U.S. faces its largest measles outbreak in about 25 years.

Make America Healthy Again Commission, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., released its report on rising chronic diseases in U.S. children, urging systemic reforms.

Kimmel mockingly introduced Kennedy, who has pushed debunked conspiracy theories about vaccines, as the “Secretary of Health and Human Sacrifice” before turning to a new report from his department that warns, among other things, about the health risks of ultra-processed foods.

First-graders at John B. Wright elementary school in Tucson bounced into the brightly lit lunchroom, chattering with friends as they grabbed trays featuring juicy mandarin oranges, cherry tomatoes and butter lettuce,

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. slammed Washington Democrat Sen. Patty Murray for "presiding over the destruction" of Americans' health across her years in the Senate.

In particular, the organisation is unhappy with Kennedy's repeated assertions that Alzheimer's research has been dedicated to "one hypothesis" – that removing amyloid beta from the brain can slow down the cognitive decline in the disease – and that any other hypotheses have been "shut down."