The Senate has confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary. That Thursday vote puts the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending,

The vaccine critic is poised to be confirmed and pursue his agenda of fighting chronic disease even while pushing through the administration’s cost cuts.

RFK Jr was a controversial nominee due to his his anti-vaccine views and embrace of health-related conspiracy theories.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a vaccine critic who has pledged to tackle chronic disease, was named U.S. Health Secretary on Thursday after overcoming resistance from the medical establishment and members of Congress with promises to limit his role in vaccination policy.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the vaccine critic who spawned a movement he calls "Make America Healthy Again," moved one step closer to becoming the nation's health secretary Wednesday after the Senate voted along party lines to advance his nomination,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a vaccine critic who has pledged to tackle chronic disease, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Health Secretary on Thursday, after overcoming resistance from the medical establishment and members of Congress with promises to limit his role in vaccine policy.

Kennedy managed to allay the concerns of several key GOP senators over his anti-vaccine activism. Mitch McConnell was the lone Republican to vote against him.

The vote capped a remarkable rise for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed by a Republican Senate in a chamber where his father and uncles once served as Democrats.

Longtime anti-vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy was confirmed Tuesday as the new Secretary of Health and Human Services. Here's what to know now.

The US Senate on Thursday confirmed the long-time anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. The vote was largely along party lines, with a tally of 52 to 48.