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.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a prominent antivaccine activist and former independent presidential candidate, has been nominated to lead HHS, where he would oversee significant aspects of the nation’s public health policy.

Kennedy has been criticized for making false medical claims. He has also vowed to purge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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

Dr. Kavita Patel, former Obama White House Policy Director and Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News Correspondent join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the stunning news that Donald Trump has selected Robert F.

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

Robert F Kennedy Jr has repeatedly claimed that vaccines are linked to autism, a theory that has been widely debunked by scientific research.

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.

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services, sparking concerns among health experts over his stance on vaccines.