Ex-CDC Chief Tells Senate RFK Jr. Eyes More Vaccines Curbs (1)

Former CDC Director Susan Monarez told senators that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking more changes to national vaccination policy and sought to ensure her cooperation regardless of scientific evidence.

“I cannot sign off on something before I see the data and the evidence,” Monarez said.

Monarez testified on Wednesday in a hearing called by Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that confirmed her in late July.

Kennedy ousted Monarez from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a month after confirmation following disagreements over vaccines. During the hearing, ...