Trump Picks RFK Jr. to Be Head of Health and Human Services Dept. NYT | Top Stories By: Sheryl Gay Stolberg 15 November 2024 at 08:05 Whether the Senate would confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic who has unorthodox views about medicine, is an open question. © Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York TimesRobert F. Kennedy Jr. has spread false information about vaccines and publicly contradicted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation that communities fluoridate their water.