The move highlights HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s waning influence in the Trump administration.

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On Monday, the New York Times published an in-depth examination of Robert F. Kennedy’s leadership of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), highlighting how disengaged the secretary is from most of the department’s work outside of issues like vaccines and food.

But even on some of Kennedy’s pet issues like vaccines, his influence has waned.