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‘Checked Out’ RFK Jr. Missing as Agency Spirals

MARK MAKELA / REUTERS Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has largely stepped back from running the agency, intervening only when issues capture his attention. In a Sunday exposé by The New York Times , a dozen people with direct contact with Kennedy, along with Health Department employees, said his leadership—or lack of it—has driven morale down to the point that they question the department’s ability to respond in a crisis. People familiar with Kennedy told the outlet he remains narrowly focused on his own priorities, including his long-held skepticism of vaccines. They said he is largely cut off from much of the staff and seldom engaged in the agency’s work, leaving parts of the department without clear leadership. Read more at The Daily Beast.