Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives before President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate Thursday, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump said he would nominate Kennedy as his secretary of health.Photo by Alex Brandon/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Trump taps Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his secretary of health

President-elect also nominated Doug Collins to veterans affairs and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for Department of the Interior

15 Nov 2024, 15:32 by Jill Colvin And Amanda Seitz · National Post

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday 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 everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research, Medicare and Medicaid.