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This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. One of the most notable things about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the secretary of the Department of Health and Human ...

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One of the most notable things about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a federal agency tasked with “improving the health, safety, and well-being of ...