Others are just getting to know him,” Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Australia, said of her cousin, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for health secretary.

Here Are the New Members of Trump’s Administration So Far. Kennedy has long advanced the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism. He has also pushed other conspiracy

Washington — President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday in a social media post that he'll nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

At an event at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, the president-elect said he wanted Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota to be his interior secretary. Mr. Trump also praised Mr. Kennedy, who is skeptical of mainstream health recommendations,

For most of human history, half of all children died before reaching age 15; that number is down to just 4 percent worldwide, and far lower in developed countries, with vaccines one of the major drivers of improved life expectancy.

Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Australia, called her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine views “dangerous.” The ambassador said she grew up with him and has known about his views “for a long time.

US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy described her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on vaccinations as “dangerous,” the latest public rebuke by a senior member of the storied family against the man Donald Trump has tapped for a key Cabinet post.