The president-elect says the long-standing vaccine sceptic will "make America healthy again", in his first speech since election night.

Kennedy has been nominated to lead the federal government's health agency—what does this mean for vaccine access in the U.S.?

He wants vaccines subjected to the same scientific rigor as all the other medication,” Pinsky told NewsNation’s “On Balance.”

During his presidential campaign, Kennedy developed a national profile for his criticism of the Covid vaccines and childhood immunizations.

President-elect Trump has tapped anti-vaccine activist and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Shares in European vaccine makers tumbled after President-elect Donald Trump picked vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Shares of prominent vaccine makers plunged Thursday after President-elect Donald Trump announced his pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The nearly $2 trillion agency administers health-insurance programs for millions of Americans, approves medications and oversees vaccine safety.

In a move guaranteed to alarm many, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal opponent of vaccines and other tenets of mainstream health care, to head the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).