If confirmed as Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would control the world’s largest public health agency, and its $1.7 trillion budget.

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Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary is aiming to disrupt the National Institutes of Health, the country's top funder of academic research. Medical doctors and public health officials have condemned the choice.

The anti-vaccine activist and President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health comes from a famous political family.

President-elect Donald Trump has officially named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services

President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus. Robert F.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee would oversee agencies that regulate food, vaccines and medicine and were instrumental during the pandemic.

President-elect Trump is making key appointments for his administration, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist, as his nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Washington — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, according to three sources familiar with the selection. Kennedy has a long record of criticizing vaccines, including spreading misleading claims about their safety.

Donald Trump’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services spooked investors who worry what Kennedy would do.