The Trump administration is discussing policies that would make it harder and more expensive for pharmaceutical companies to advertise directly to patients, in a move that could disrupt more than $10 billion in annual ad spending.

The new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey found adults divided over the health secretary but with a bare majority viewing him favorably.

Meissner was previously listed in April as a consultant to the RSV vaccines work group for the CDC committee, before Kennedy fired its advisers.

Among the eight people Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced would make up his new group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are an emergency physician who posted Islamophobic commentary on social media and two doctors who were paid to provide expert testimony in trials against a vaccine maker.

Senator Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are in the spotlight over a major vaccine policy controversy. Duckworth opposes Kennedy’s dismissal of CDC vaccine advisers, warning of risks to public trust and science-based health policy.

Kraft Heinz announced on Tuesday it will stop using artificial colors and dyes from products sold in the U.S. following sustained pressure from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The food giant, which produces Kraft Mac & Cheese,

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is mostly keeping quiet on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's recent appointments to a top vaccination advisory committee, including three new members who have