Members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s family are calling for him to step down as US health secretary following a contentious congressional hearing, during which he faced serious questioning about his tumultuous leadership of federal health agencies.

Kennedy’s sister, Kerry Kennedy, and his nephew, Joseph P. Kennedy III, issued scathing statements on Friday, a day after Kennedy had to defend his recent efforts to pull back Covid-19 vaccine recommendations and fire high-level officials at the Centres for Disease Control at a three-hour Senate hearing.

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a threat to the health and wellbeing of every American,” Joseph P. Kennedy III said in a post on X. The former congressman added: “None of us will be spared the pain he is inflicting.”

His aunt echoed those claims, say

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