WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made conservatives uncomfortable. And farmers across the Midwest are nervous over his talk of banning corn syrup and pesticides from America’s food supply.

Republican Senators Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski are considered obvious candidates to oppose Kennedy’s nomination. All three voted against Trump’s defence secretary nominee Pete Hegseth last week when he secured senate confirmation with just a single tiebreaking vote cast by vice-president JD Vance.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is best known as a vaccine skeptic but the Trump team has curbed his most polarizing views ahead of his high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday and Thursday, health advocates find themselves in an uncomfortable position.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, once pitched the idea to run an experiment on the children of Samoa to see whether vaccines actually work.

Early Wednesday morning, a busload of Long Island, Queens and Brooklyn residents will be heading to Washington to support Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. during his Senate confirmation hearings to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Another New York bus will head out from Poughkeepsie, with a stop in the Bronx before heading to the Capitol.

Gov. Josh Green, M.D., will travel to Washington, D.C., this week to provide input regarding the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Green has expressed concerns about the potential impact of Kennedy’s confirmation on Hawai‘i and the nation.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now has a confirmation hearing scheduled in the Senate, but his nomination for health and human services secretary remains on shaky ground.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health and human services secretary has stalled as Senate Democrats and Republicans take issue with his views.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is distancing himself from his anti-vaccine work as he seeks to become the leader of the nation’s top health agency under President Donald Trump, according to government ethics documents released on Wednesday.

About 40 top leaders joined the effort to prepare for avian flu and other emergencies. Kennedy instead lobbied senators on his controversial nomination.

Jewel has a message for fans who felt 'betrayed' by her performance at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s inauguration event: 'I really hope that we can push through our hurt.'