The ousted director of the Centers for Disease Control testified Wednesday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired her because she refused to back his push to implement new restrictions on life-saving vaccines.

Susan Monarez, who was appointed by President Trump, told the Senate health committee that RFK Jr. fired her after she wouldn’t commit in advance to supporting the recommendations of his handpicked panel stacked with vaccine skeptics.

“I was fired for holding the line on scientific integrity,” Monarez said.

Monarez accused Kennedy of being on a mission to roll back decades of medical miracles that have all but eradicated once-deadly diseases like measles and whooping cough from American life.

“The question before us is whether we will keep faith with our children

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