Health and Human Services Secretary Robert K. Kennedy Jr. will appear before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday amid calls for his resignation.

Kennedy has faced criticism, both from within HHS as well as the medical community, for the firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez and for reducing access to COVID-19 vaccines.

Earlier this week, nine former heads of the CDC wrote an op-ed in the New York Times calling Kennedy's views on public health "dangerous." That was followed by a letter sent to members of Congress from over 1,000 employees of HHS calling for Kennedy's firing.

Thursday's hearing will be focused on President Donald Trump's health care agenda.

Democrats are expected to grill Kennedy on Monarez's firing.

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