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RFK Jr. Faces Senate Grilling After Vaccine Changes and C.D.C. Shake-Up

A three-hour hearing before the Senate Finance Committee revealed that the health secretary was on uncertain ground even with some Republicans who voted to confirm him.

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Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. at Thursday’s hearing, which descended into a free-for-all, in part over Mr. Kennedy’s approach to vaccination, the turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and especially his decision last week to fire Susan Monarez, the C.D.C. director.
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