Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before the Senate Finance Committee Thursday morning about firings at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and his moves on vaccines.
Susan Monarez, who was sworn in as CDC director less than one month before, was removed from her position by the White House after she refused to resign in August.
Four other CDC leaders resigned over frustration about anti-vaccine policy pushed by Kennedy.
He also fired the entire 17-member board of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, replacing many of them with vaccine skeptics.
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