RFK Jr. to Congress: ‘I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me’

Closing in on 100 days as the nation’s top health leader, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced back-to-back congressional hearings Wednesday — defending his messaging on vaccines amid a growing measles outbreak, the firing of thousands of federal health workers, and major cuts to the agencies he oversees.

The hearings, the first time the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services appeared in front of Congress since being sworn in, were marked by intense exchanges with lawmakers over the future of the nation’s health and interrupted by protesters.