Pharmaceutical stocks declined as President-elect Donald Trump said he’s tapping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services, potentially elevating a prominent vaccine skeptic and broader industry critic to a top role on health policy.

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The nearly $2 trillion agency administers health-insurance programs for millions of Americans, approves medications and oversees vaccine safety.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug,

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary, promising a major overhaul of the nation's public health system.

Washington — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, according to three sources familiar with the selection. Kennedy has a long record of criticizing vaccines, including spreading misleading claims about their safety.

At an event at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, the president-elect said he wanted Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota to be his interior secretary. Mr. Trump also praised Mr. Kennedy, who is skeptical of mainstream health recommendations,