Kennedy Jr. is revising his ethics agreement to divest his interest in litigation against an HPV vaccine maker and directing the stake to his adult son, The New York Times reported Friday, citing a written response to questions from senators who are weighing his confirmation as Health and Human Services secretary.

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican, says he is "struggling" to support Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services due to Kennedy's prior statements about vaccines. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings made clear that he is unqualified to be HHS secretary even beyond his positions on vaccines, writes Dr. Georges C. Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association.

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced skeptical senators Thursday in the second day of his confirmation hearing to lead the department of Health and Human Services, Sen. Bill Cassidy confronted Kennedy about vaccines.

Kathleen Sebelius, who served under Barack Obama, said she's "very concerned" that Kennedy doesn't "understand the agency that he's been nominated to run."

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s polarizing views and checkered past have been in the spotlight this week as President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services fields questions from Senators,

Kennedy, a Democrat who ran as an independent but ended up supporting Trump in the 2024 presidential campaign, was grilled by senators over his views on vaccines, abortion, Medicaid and more during two days of confirmation hearings.