"I will not condone the re-litigation of proven cures," said McConnell, the lone Republican to oppose Kennedy's confirmation.

A survivor of childhood polio, Sen. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican in the Senate to vote No. Here's how he explained his vote.

The U.S. Senate has approved Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Donald Trump's new Health and Human Services secretary. Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote against RFK's appointment.

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s congressional reporter Mychael Schnell about longtime vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becoming the nation’s top health official, after the Senate on Thursday voted almost entirely on party lines to confirm him atop a department of nearly 100,

The Senate last week confirmed anti-vaccine activist Robert F.. Kennedy Jr. to head the U.S. Health and Human Services Department on a party-line vote, with Mitch McConnell the only Republican voting against the controversial appointee opposed by every Democratic Senator.

McConnell's vote comes a day after he voted no on the confirmation of new National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday.

The Senate Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary, putting a noted vaccine skeptic in charge of America's massive public health system. The 52-48 vote was mostly along party lines,

McConnell cited what he called Kennedy’s “record of trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories and eroding trust in public health institutions.”

Kennedy will oversee some of the federal government’s largest public health agencies, including the NIH, FDA, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Longtime vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now the nation’s top health official, after the Senate on Thursday voted almost entirely on party lines to confirm him atop a department of nearly 100,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an avid advocate against vaccines, is now the Health Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.