Marty Makary, who Trump nominated to lead the FDA and work with RFK Jr., opposed vaccine mandates during the pandemic.

RFK Jr. would also have the power, along with the FDA commissioner, to slow down or hamper the process by which new vaccines are evaluated, approved, and recommended. That could discourage pharmaceutical companies from developing new or reformulated vaccines.

Doctors are worried Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will tout anti-vaccine views after he was picked to lead the Department of Health and Human Services by Trump.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) head of vaccine safety says that President-elect Donald Trump’s embrace of vaccine skeptics could be an opportunity for the science community to teach the public about the value of these life-saving drugs.

Republican senators are poised to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes the nation’s next health secretary. But in interviews this week, a half-dozen GOP lawmakers said they had questions or outright concerns about his selection,

Kennedy Jr.'s views on vaccines are "dangerous" and rejected by his family, said his cousin, U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy. President-elect Donald Trump has picked RFK Jr. lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Explore the concerns surrounding Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine views and his potential impact as secretary of health and human services.

A health care advocacy group is railing against President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health and human services secretary, saying it will be "dangerous" to the health of the American people.