The choice will roil many public health experts after his years of touting debunked claims that vaccines cause autism.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Politico reported on Thursday, citing a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

Donald Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic and harsh critic of federal health agencies, to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services. Trump announced the nomination in a post on Truth Social.