Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cousin called his vaccine views “dangerous” and contradict what most Americans likely believe. “I think Bobby’s views on vaccines are dangerous, but I don’t think most Americans share them,

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 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.

Others are just getting to know him,” Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Australia, said of her cousin, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for health secretary.

President-elect Donald Trump's plan to appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department will put a prominent vaccine skeptic at the helm of the nation's sprawling public health apparatus.

Donald Trump nominated Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has a strong anti-vaccine stance, to be the health secretary in hid administration.

RFK Jr. ran a longshot presidential bid and then endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump. Many of his family members denounced both actions.

Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump announced that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is his pick for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. If confirmed by the Senate, he would work with state officials across the country on various health policies,