Fluoride helps protect teeth by making the hard outer layer—the enamel—more resistant to acid attacks by bacteria and sugars.

In back-to-back Capitol Hill hearings, Kennedy touched on abortion access, vaccines, measles, research, mental health and opioids.

Kennedy appeared at a House appropriations hearing Wednesday to defend the White House’s requested budget for his agency.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill over his department’s budget cuts, vaccine ...

Democrats and Republicans alike raised concerns on Wednesday about deep staffing cuts, funding freezes and far-reaching po ...

The Texas Attorney General goes full RFK Jr. against dental hygiene and breakfast cereal.

Rep. Mike Simpson, who worked as a dentist before being elected to Congress, questions HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his push to remove fluoride from drinking water.

Kennedy defers to the National Institutes of Health to 'lay out the pros and cons, risks and benefits, accurately as we ...

I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me,” the HHS secretary said after being asked about his vaccine ...

The nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., faces questions from lawmakers on his response to the measles outbreak and plans for budget cuts.