US EditionFired CDC chief will testify Kennedy pressed her to endorse vaccine recommendations without evidence
- Dr. Susan Monarez, former CDC director, is set to testify Wednesday about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s demands during her brief 29-day tenure amid vaccine policy clashes.
- Kennedy mandated that political staff review and approve every decision related to CDC policies and staffing, instructing Monarez to endorse vaccine recommendations in advance and to dismiss career officials without justification.
- Monarez refused to rubber stamp recommendations without scientific review or to dismiss experts without evidence, leading to her firing, which Senator Collins found unsettling and defended her integrity.
- Kennedy removed all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in June, replacing them with a new group, some of whom made unproven claims like Covid shots causing unprecedented youth harm.
- The risks include diminished vaccine protections potentially causing outbreaks like the largest measles epidemic in 30 years that claimed two children's lives, and Medicaid cuts threatening rural healthcare as noted by Collins.
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Fired CDC Chief Says RFK Jr. Demanded She Roll Back Vaccine Policies Without Evidence
Susan Monarez, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Sept. 17 in her first public remarks since she was fired. Some Republicans on the committee accused her of lying and said she hadn’t been on board with the administration’s agenda. As in earlier hearings concerning Robert F. Kennedy’s performance as secretary of the Department of Hea…
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Sioux City JournalFired CDC chief issues warning
WASHINGTON — America’s public health system is headed to a “very dangerous place” with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team of anti-vaccine advisers in charge, fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez warned senators…
Key takeaways on CDC hearing: Vaccine moves, experts sidelined, GOP attacks
Susan Monarez testified for more than three hours Wednesday about her ouster as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after less than a month on the job, accusing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of putting politics over public health and endangering the country. Monarez, the first Senate-confirmed…
RFK Jr.’s biggest disruption yet to vaccine policy is coming
Former CDC director Susan Monarez testifies at the Senate health committee. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images This morning, ousted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Susan Monarez came to the Senate to share her story of being fired by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Donald Trump, the latest volley in an ongoing battle between the Trump administration and the public health establishment. Ac…
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