The vote capped a remarkable rise for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed by a Republican Senate in a chamber where his father and uncles once served as Democrats.

Reproductive rights advocate slams RFK Jr. appointment,calls Kennedy "an anti-abortion, anti-science conspiracy theorist."

Kennedy Jr., is sworn in as secretary of Health and Human Service by associate Justice of the Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13,