Of the many unorthodox positions taken by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, none worries US public-health experts more than his embrace of the anti-vaccine movement. If he assumes the position, he could influence the leadership of agencies in charge of approving, recommending and distributing vaccines in the US. Plus, Kennedy, who emerged as one of the leading voices in the anti-vaccine movement during the Covid-

He has no medical qualifications and has been a prolific spreader of health misinformation, but the anti-vaccine campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr ran a presidential campaign that garnered support from hundreds of thousands of Americans.

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Robert F Kennedy Jr has a history of spreading health information scientists say is false.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee would oversee agencies that regulate food, vaccines and medicine and were instrumental during the pandemic.

Several roadblocks could stand in the way.