WASHINGTON – 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 Associated Press, Monarez will say that Kennedy gave her an ultimatum: “Preapprove” new vaccine recommendations from a controversial advisory CDC panel that Kennedy has stocked with some medical experts who doubt vaccine safety or be fired. That panel is expected to vote on new vaccine recommenda

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