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Ousted CDC Head Says She Was Pressured to Preapprove Vaccine Panel Recommendations
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denies allegations of coercing CDC head Susan Monarez to approve vaccine policies, amidst widespread criticism and calls for his resignation from over 1,000 HHS employees.
- On Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied Susan Monarez's claim that she was ordered to preapprove ACIP recommendations, calling her account a lie during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Trump's healthcare agenda.
- In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Thursday, Susan Monarez, former CDC director, said she was pressured to "preapprove" ACIP recommendations and faced resignation or termination after just 29 days.
- All 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices were fired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in June and replaced with critics characterized as vaccine skeptics, Monarez said stacking advisory committees risks public-health protections for America's children.
- Several senior CDC officials resigned in protest after Susan Monarez's ouster, while medical groups and former CDC leaders warned political interference could jeopardize vaccine programs and urged rebuilding trust.
- Kennedy told senators he never had a private meeting with Susan Monarez and said witnesses would contradict her account, while Monarez warned Thursday that he was undermining the scientific process, with critics noting his history of spreading vaccine misinformation.
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U.S. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy this Thursday defended the decision to dismiss the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as something "absolutely necessary" to restore high standards. Democratic opposition urged her to resign during a harsh exchange of criticism at a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee. "We need a bold, competent and creative new leadership in the CDC, people able and willing to set a ne…
Ousted CDC head says she was pressured to preapprove vaccine panel recommendations
Former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez said on Thursday she was pushed to rubber-stamp the decisions of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee, calling her ouster part of a broader push to weaken U.S. vaccine standards.
Ousted CDC chief warns that RFK Jr. is politicizing public health
Susan Monarez, who was recently forced to resign as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned Thursday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was actively seeking to undermine the scientific process used to make influential public health recommendations.
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