Nigeria, Jan. 30 -- The candidate nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert Kennedy, has denied being anti-vaccine or spreading misinformation about vaccine safety.

Mr Kennedy said reports accusing him of being anti-vaccine were untrue as he was neither "anti-vaccine or anti-industry."

He stated this on Wednesday during his confirmation hearing at the US Senate.

Mr Robert came under scrutiny at the hearing for his decades of anti-vaccine and abortion sentiments.

Democratic senators at the hearing accused him of embracing and spreading conspiracy theories to dissuade the public from the use of lifesaving medicines.

"News reports have claimed that I am anti-vaccine or anti-...