Kennedy has been nominated to lead the federal government's health agency—what does this mean for vaccine access in the U.S.?

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ― an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist who formerly competed against Trump for the White House ― to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Politico and CNN reported Thursday.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced vaccine-skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is his choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The day after the election, some celebrated Trump's win and RFK Jr.'s potential role as a public health decision-maker. Why? They finally felt seen.

According to his 2021 book, The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health, RFK Jr. believes that Fauci and Gates are members of a “vaccine cartel” trying to kill patients by denying them hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin.

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate the anti-vaccine activist and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services.

President-elect Donald Trump is on the verge of announcing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to two people close to the situation, in a move that would add to Trump’s provocative picks whose confirmation process will test the loyalty of Senate Republicans.

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said he was “excited” by Trump naming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Secretary of Health and Human Services

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tapped to head Health and Human Services.RFK Jr'.s controversial views on health have sparked criticism.