Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a Senate confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill Jan. 29, 2025. Francis Chung/Politico via AP

A few hours into his confirmation hearings on Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, had a tense exchange with Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN). The subject was Kennedy’s misleading claims that antidepressants caused teenagers to commit school shootings. As Smith pointed out, reams of evidence dispute that claim.

Yet Kennedy persisted in his crusade against SSRIs. “Listen, I know people, including members of my family, who’ve had........

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