Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team.

RFK Jr.'s record of anti-vaccine advocacy signals a dangerous new direction if he's confirmed as Trump's head of Health and Human Services. Former Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discusses how RFK Jr.

Donald Trump wants Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his health and human services secretary. But Kennedy has spread misinformation about vaccines, fluoride, raw milk and other health topics. Here's what he has said.

The US health secretary leads a huge agency overseeing everything from food safety to medical research and welfare programmes. Critics of Kennedy, commonly known by his initials RFK Jr, include many public health officials,

When president-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Robert F Kennedy Jr to be his secretary of Health and Human Services, the move shocked many. Kennedy, the son of the late senator from New York and US attorney general,

President-elect Trump has selected vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the nation's top health care agency, which would give him power over food and drug regulation, Medicare and Medicaid policy,