Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lambasted federal agencies he accused of being overly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. But he and other “Make America Healthy Again” notables have their own financial ties to the vast and largely unregulated $6.

The move is the latest voluntary effort by U.S. food manufacturers to heed calls from the Trump administration to remove synthetic dyes over potential health concerns.

The health secretary has used peer pressure to persuade food makers to nix synthetic dyes. The candy industry is holding out, arguing American consumers like bright sweets.

The suit addresses the scrapping of COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for children and pregnant women and the dismantling an influential expert panel that advises the government on immunizations.

The FDA's Dr. Vinay Prasad said that he disagreed with the agency's career vaccine reviewers about COVID shot approvals.

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US regulators approved Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine for children, but for a narrower group than before, continuing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial policy that restricts access to the shots for some kids.

The lawsuit argues that the HHS secretary’s withdrawal of public vaccine advice reduces access to vaccines for some people.