BOSTON — Joe Kennedy III didn’t make the decision to split with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lightly.

At the STAT Summit in Boston, Kennedy said he has “great memories” of growing up with his uncle. But the younger Kennedy’s “grave concerns about the safety and integrity of our health system” have moved him to condemn his uncle’s leadership as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, he said.

Last month, Joe Kennedy III called on his uncle RFK Jr. to resign. He elaborated on his thinking in his most extensive comments on his uncle since the elder Kennedy took office.

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