NEW YORK: President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental activist who has spread misinformation...

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday he has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, the United States' top health agency.

Donald Trump has chosen conspiracy theorist and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy dropped a presidential bid for a role in Trump's Cabinet.

Kennedy has been criticised for making false claims about vaccines and will now head an organisation with a $3 trillion budget.