Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testified before Congress about the reason behind her firing, including a refusal to rubber-stamp vaccine recommendations without seeing evidence and to dismiss career officials without cause. Senators pressed Monarez on the details of her firing and the issues of vaccines and trust in public health. #health #CDC #SusanMonarez | NewsNation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez is expected to testify Wednesday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired her after she refused to endorse new vaccine recommendations before reviewing scientific evidence to support the guidance. Monarez will appear before the Senate health committee to discuss her firing, just weeks into the job, over disagreement on vaccine policies. According to a copy of her planned testimony, obtained by The

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