Caroline Kennedy calls RFK Jr. a “predator” in letter to senators a day before his confirmation hearings

Washington — Caroline Kennedy, the cousin of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sent a blistering letter to senators on Tuesday — a day before his confirmation hearings — that described him as a “predator” whose actions “have cost lives.”  In the letter to committee leaders, the former ambassador to Australia urged senators to reject his nomination

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RFK Jr.’s financial disclosures reveal millions in both debt and income as he awaits HHS confirmation

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary nominee, awaits his confirmation hearing, financial disclosures released Wednesday show that he is saddled with millions in debt, but is positioned to earn millions from book deals. In financial disclosure forms filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Kennedy reported debts of

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FDA pauses updates on foodborne outbreak probes as health agencies regroup on communications

Multiple federal health agencies have stopped releasing some key health information — including updates on some outbreak investigations — amid a department-wide communications “pause” ordered by the Trump administration, though many other “mission critical” updates are still being released, CBS News has learned. The Department of Health and Human Services “has issued a pause on

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Tim Noel named next CEO of UnitedHealthcare

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder and terrorism charges in CEO killing case 03:11 MINNEAPOLIS — UnitedHealth Group on Thursday announced that a longtime employee in the company has been named the new leader of its health insurance arm, nearly two months after the killing of former CEO Brian Thompson. 

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Google-owned Fitbit to pay $12.2 million after consumers were burned by smartwatches

More than two years after recalling about 1.7 million Ionic smartwatches sold globally, Google-owned Fitbit will pay a $12.2 million penalty for failing to alert consumers that the products can overheat and cause burns, federal regulators said Thursday. Fitbit received numerous reports of the lithium-ion batteries in the watches overheating during 2018, 2019 and continuing

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