WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and environmentalist, for years gained a loyal and fierce following with his biting condemnations of how the nation’s public health agencies do business.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has a condition called spasmodic dysphonia, which causes the sound of a raspy voice due to spasms in the vocal cords.

Donald Trump’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services spooked investors who worry what Kennedy would do.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus. Robert F.

Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary is aiming to disrupt the National Institutes of Health, the country's top funder of academic research. Medical doctors and public health officials have condemned the choice.

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

The anti-vaccine activist and President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health comes from a famous political family.

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Public health experts, physicians, and scientists responded with fury and disgust to the news that Donald Trump will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the secretary of Health and Human Services.

President-elect Donald Trump has officially named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services

Dr. Kavita Patel, former Obama White House Policy Director and Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News Correspondent join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the stunning news that Donald Trump has selected Robert F.