Despite deadly disease outbreaks , a fractured dynamic among members of his staff, and myriad public health institutions being stripped of funds , Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is “checked out.” A lengthy New York Times report Sunday describes the extent to which the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, is detached from his colleagues and uninterested in the work his department is meant to handle. HHS is a massive organization, tasked with designing policy to manage and improve