With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit.
The health secretary is trying to restart the work of a panel that advises the government on vaccines, after a judge froze its decisions and prevented it from meeting.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a House hearing in April. Last June, he fired all 17 members of a vaccine advisory committee and named new ones, many of whom share his skepticism of vaccines.