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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to testify in the Senate this morning. The hearing comes a week after he pressured Susan Monarez to resign from her position as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. When she refused, the White House fired her. Three top CDC officials then resigned in protest. Here are three things to know before the hearing .

🎧 The hearing is technically about the president's 2026 health care agenda. However, NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin tells Up First that isn't all she expects to come ou

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