The confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Trump’s Health Secretary marks a critical milestone in the deepening war on public health and the consolidation of a fascist government in the United States.

Here, we explain the facts behind several more of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims during his two Senate hearings as nominee for Health and Human Services secretary.

RFK Jr. will become Trump's health secretary, after winning over some GOP senators wary of his anti-vaccine views.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and he was then sworn in 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.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration.

The longtime vaccine skeptic and "MAHA" movement leader was confirmed earlier Thursday in a near-party line Senate vote.

Kennedy Jr., a vocal vaccine skeptic and activist lawyer, was confirmed Thursday as the nation's new health secretary. The Senate voted largely along party lines to put Kennedy at the helm of the $1.7 trillion U.

RFK Jr. has gained a following for his questioning of vaccines. He has vowed to take on the food and drug industries and focus on chronic health conditions.