Trump picks anti-vaxxer Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead health department

US president-elect Donald Trump has nominated anti-vaccine Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has repeatedly expounded health-related conspiracy theories, as his new health secretary.

Kennedy, who is the nephew of assassinated Democratic president John F Kennedy and the son of the slain attorney general Bobby, ran in the US election as an independent candidate before dropping out in August and pledging his support for Republican nominee Trump.

Since winning the election, Trump has nominated key allies for posts in his forthcoming administration, including Elon Musk in a new efficiency role, “anti-woke” Fox News presenter Pete Hegseth as defence secretary, anti-LGBTQ+ governor Kristi Noem as the security of homeland security and, possibly most controversially, far-right US politician Matt Gaetz as attorney general, who until recently was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for

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