President-elect Donald Trump had touted Kennedy as a potential pick for the role of health secretary in the run up to his election victory, even if senior members of his campaign ruled out Kennedy having an official role.

Here Are the New Members of Trump’s Administration So Far. Kennedy has long advanced the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism. He has also pushed other conspiracy

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 a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees drug,