Kennedy managed to allay the concerns of several key GOP senators over his anti-vaccine activism. Mitch McConnell was the lone Republican to vote against him.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has officially taken charge of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after a razor-thin 52-48 Senate vote pushed him through today. No Democrats supported him,

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country.