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Fired CDC Chief Will Testify Kennedy Pressed Her to Endorse Vaccine Recommendations without Evidence
Susan Monarez alleges Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressured her to approve vaccine policies lacking scientific backing, threatening her job; the Senate hearing precedes a key CDC advisory panel vote.
- Susan Monarez, the ousted CDC director, will testify on Wednesday before the Senate Health Committee in Washington about her firing weeks into the job.
- She alleges that the U.S. health chief pressured her to approve vaccine guidelines from a contentious advisory panel prior to evaluating the supporting scientific data.
- Monarez intends to state that Kennedy required her to pre-approve all ACIP recommendations irrespective of the scientific data and to terminate career officials involved in vaccine policy without justification, which she declined to do.
- In her opening statement, Monarez will assert that despite facing pressure, she maintained her commitment to scientific integrity and was terminated for upholding these principles.
- The upcoming Senate hearing aims to examine how recent disruptions at the CDC could influence children's health, coinciding with the vaccine advisory panel’s scheduled vote on their recommendations later this week.
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Fired CDC chief to testify she was pressed on vaccine recommendations by RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON -- Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Susan Monarez will tell senators that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressured her to endorse new vaccine recommendations before seeing scientific evidence, according to a copy of the testimony she plans to give during a Wednesday hearing.
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Fired CDC Chief Will Testify Kennedy Pressed Her to Endorse Vaccine Recommendations Without Evidence
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Susan Monarez will tell senators that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressured her to endorse new vaccine recommendations before seeing scientific evidence, according to a copy of the testimony she plans to give during a Wednesday hearing.
·New York, United States
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