US President-elect Donald Trump announced he has selected Robert F Kennedy Jr, an environmental activist who has spread misinformation on vaccines, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, the United States' top health agency.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday he has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, the United States' top health agency.

Donald Trump on Thursday (Nov 14) tapped anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy as his secretary of health in the latest provocative nomination from the incoming

Kennedy has been criticised for making false claims about vaccines and will now head an organisation with a $3 trillion budget.

Mr Kennedy ran as an independent in this year’s presidential race and abandoned his bid after striking a deal to give Donald Trump his endorsement.

Trump had pledged to give Kennedy a ‘big role’ in healthcare in his administration, saying he would let him ‘go wild’.

Donald Trump had said that if elected president he would have Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "go wild on health." HHS oversees Medicare, Medicaid, CDC and FDA.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, approved the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the new Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug,...

Donald Trump has chosen conspiracy theorist and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy dropped a presidential bid for a role in Trump's Cabinet.

Trump nominates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS, sparking controversy over his anti-vaccine stance and health policy plans.

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services, two sources said.

Kennedy’s stance on vaccines has made him a controversial figure among Democrats and some Republicans, raising question about his ability to get confirmed

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists.

President-elect Trump is expected to tap Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Kennedy Jr. suggested that the Covid-19 virus was engineered to give Chinese and Ashkenazi Jewish people some sort of immunity.