Washington, DC – The former director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has testified before a Senate committee that she was fired for not agreeing to categorically greenlight all recommendations from a vaccine advisory committee or fire career vaccine scientists at the agency.

The testimony from Susan Monarez before the Senate health committee comes just weeks after she was fired by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr in August, following just a 29-day tenure.

It also comes as concerns continue to grow over the stewardship of Kennedy, who has spearheaded the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement that critics say has forefronted vaccine scepticism and misinformation .

Speaking to lawmakers, Monarez recounted being directed by Kennedy “to commit

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