WASHINGTON — In the hours after President-elect Donald Trump announced that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was his pick to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, mixed reactions began rolling in from the senators needed to support his confirmation.

President-elect Donald Trump praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while speaking at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday night, saying that "nobody's going to be able to do it like you." Trump nominated Kennedy for Secretary of Health and Human Services earlier in the day,

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ― an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist who formerly competed against Trump for the White House ― to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Politico and CNN reported Thursday.

The president-elect said he would nominate environmental lawyer and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as health and human services secretary.

The vaccine skeptic's nomination is uncertain, though some Senate Republicans lined up to praise him and Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to "make America healthy again." What does that actually mean? Here's everything he promises to do.

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Donald Trump says Kennedy will help protect Americans from "harmful chemicals" and "make America healthy again".

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday.

Donald Trump has nominated three Republican members of the House for senior positions so far: Elise Stefanik as UN ambassador, Matt Gaetz as attorney general and Mike Waltz as national security advisor.

President-elect Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next Secretary of Health and Human Services, among other picks on Thursday.